danse macabre

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Definition von danse macabre im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a skeleton, the Grim Reaper, or similar) is shown leading people of all social ranks (high and low) to the grave. It shows that whatever people might have in life, death comes to everybody alike

a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave

Silbentrennung

danse ma·ca·bre