Sunday, August 1, 2010

Morte (death)

A vida humana decorre entre o nascimento e a morte. O aparecimento dum ser humano desejado é quase sempre sinal de alegria e esperança. A morte espreita constantemente a sua oportunidade de entrar em acção: acidentes, guerras, doenças, epidemias.
Human life happens between birth and death. The appearance of a desired human being is almost always a sign of joy and hope. Death lurks constantly your opportunity to take action: accidents, wars, diseases, epidemics.

Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (ca 1484-1530)-'dance of death -oil on wood-1517

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)-'death sleeping woman'-engraving-1542

Attr. Hans Holbein, the younger (ca 1498-1543)-'Totentanz'-woodcut in Hartman Schedel; Liber Cronicarum

Arnold Böcklin (1827-1908)-'isle of the dead'-oil on panel-1883 Berlin-Gemäldegalerie

Egon Schiele (1890-1918)-'death and the woman' 'der Tod und die Frau'-oil on canvas-1915 Wien-Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

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