- Danse Macabre - by NekhbetSun

2D • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Sep 25, 2008

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Description

Mornin' All *S* Here's some info about today's post for those who are interested : Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian) or Totentanz (German), is a late-medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the dance of death unites all. La Danse Macabre consists of the personified death leading a row of dancing figures from all walks of life to the grave—typically with an emperor, king, youngster, beautiful girl, all skeletal. They were produced to remind people of how fragile their lives were and how vain the glories of earthly life were. According to the ancient superstition, "Death" appears at midnight every year on Halloween. Death has the power to call forth the dead from their graves to dance for him while he plays his fiddle. His skeletons dance for him until the first break of dawn, when they must return to their graves until the next year. Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921) who is more well known for his "Carnival of Animals," also wrote a "Danse Macabre" piece, and as in his "Carnival" used a xylophone to symbolize the rattling of bones. Well, hope you enjoy my little version...sorry, no skeletons :o) ...y'all have a good one ! ~ Love & Hugs ~ * Mina *

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Comments (130)

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cmcc

6:46PM | Fri, 26 September 2008

well done. love the drama and sense of mystery.

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NetWorthy

7:08PM | Fri, 26 September 2008

Very interesting picture AND lesson! I love the aged "parchment applique" effect! Creepy and nice at the same time LOL! Great job!

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pixelmeister

3:50AM | Sat, 27 September 2008

Very awesome work! Cool!

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Keymilan

6:50AM | Sat, 27 September 2008

wonderful !!!

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Flint_Hawk

9:18AM | Sat, 27 September 2008

Truly dramatic! Excellent work!

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Lunamoon

12:34PM | Sat, 27 September 2008

I always love the surreal aspect of your work. And in this one especially...she appears a lovely spirit, called forth by Death's eternal dance, at the holiest time of the year. The dead are once more allowed a taste of the life they left behind...an exuberant celebration! Such a lovely piece, and I loved too the comments by you on the Danse Macabre, and I think this picture is one of my most favorites, though I love all your creations. Blessings!

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annie5

12:40PM | Sat, 27 September 2008

Superb Mina..Outstanding image! I forgot this one because i did open my computer thursday..I take a break this day hahah! :)

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Marinette

2:45PM | Sat, 27 September 2008

dramatic,excellent image!

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rayag

1:10AM | Sun, 28 September 2008

Amazing! I love the Coloring!!!

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huismus

6:46AM | Sun, 28 September 2008

Dodendans in Dutch. I know Dance Macabre, I love it. Beautiful artwork Mina! Thanks for the info.

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lorandbartho

7:33AM | Sun, 28 September 2008

Great work!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

10:56AM | Sun, 28 September 2008

a great work Mina!

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doarte

12:04PM | Sun, 28 September 2008

This one delivers! Excellent Danse!

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Topaz_Rose

3:56PM | Sun, 28 September 2008

what a deeply haunting image....

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Jay-el-Jay

6:07PM | Sun, 28 September 2008

Nice work.I like the dance pose as she seems to be beckoning the dead to follow her.

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JLyons

7:37PM | Sun, 28 September 2008

Your description reminds me of Thanatopsis, cool piece

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marcopolinski

5:26AM | Mon, 29 September 2008

excellent compositioning and always thought-provoking too.

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clam73

8:31AM | Mon, 29 September 2008

this is really cool....great work Mina!

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three_grrr

2:36PM | Mon, 29 September 2008

Ah yes, tis the season .. the earth is preparing for the long winter's sleep .. gorgeous!!

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ACue

10:20PM | Mon, 29 September 2008

Wonderful and expressive.

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timtripp

11:36AM | Tue, 30 September 2008

marvelous melange!

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GOLDILOCKSUK

12:14PM | Tue, 30 September 2008

Wow! A great read and I love the image :) Cathy xoxoxo

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amirapsp

2:55PM | Tue, 30 September 2008

Great work!

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Chaosphoto

4:10AM | Wed, 01 October 2008

truly an excellent artwork

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Chipka

7:50PM | Wed, 01 October 2008

Superb scene here! And yeah...it does justice to the music of Saint-Saens as well: one of my favorite pieces of music. The image you rendered though, goes incredibly well with the music of Lisa Gerrard (formerly of the group, Dead Can Dance) and I mention that because I'm actually listening to her now and feasting on this image. I'll be catching up a bit later, so needless to say...I'll be looking at the stuff in your gallery that I missed and, of course, commenting.

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BBarbs

10:34AM | Thu, 02 October 2008

Wow Mina. Now that I see this I can certainly see why it was number one on the charts. Beautifully creative, expressive and very original. Wonderful to see this !

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Blush

12:59PM | Thu, 02 October 2008

Intense,dramatic and lovely You can almost feel this image wanting to reach out and touch you:) Great story to go with this image... I was thinking spirits only came up at Easter to go with their dearly departed loved ones... Maybe they do on Halloween as well Luv this Hugs Susan~

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