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Gender perspective: A single image of Death in the form of a skeleton threatens the two lovers. The skeleton's skull is covered and has long hair, normally female attributes, while playing the violin, normally a male attribute, like the man with the…

"For disobeying God’s orders and eating the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Adam and Eve received the punishment of mortality, hard work, and pain. A skeleton, an obvious symbol of death, forms the trunk of the fatal tree, and…

Images 1-6 show two sculptures, the first one carved in wood, the second one in ivory. They both represent sensual female figures that are attached to skeletons as their doppelgangers. Notice the absence of any remains of the breasts in the…

This engraving represents a couple (man and woman) accompanied by death, represented by a female skeleton. The skeleton's gender can be seen by the clothing (head covering) and its breasts.
Death takes the equivalent place of the hunting hawk,…

This engraving represents a couple, a man and a woman. In the middle of these, a skeleton wearing a flower crown. It is unclear what type of crown it is, whether it is a victory or virgin crown. The skeleton is placing both its arms around the…

This engraving represents a couple, the woman in the centre and the men on the right. On the left and holding the woman by her hand, is a skeleton representing death. In this image, death acts as a mirror image of the husband, who is mimicked with…

Original title: Dans van de Dood ("Dance of Death").This painting by Gestina ter Borch (image 1) was inspired by a lost design of a dagger by Hans Holbein the Younger. Image 2 represents another copy of Holbein's design by unknown (1523, c.). Images…

These images represent a Noblewoman and her husband holding hands while a skeleton plays the drums near them. The skeleton in the first three images is presented with hair, a traditionally feminine trait, whereas it appears without it in the last…

This image represents a woman, a man and a skeleton in a room. The men appears on the floor and the woman on the bed. It is thus a joint death of a man and a woman. The man seems to have tried to defend himself with a sword, whereas the woman seems…

This engraving represents a young couple (man and woman) that are faced with a skeleton representing death. The skeleton is wrapped with a shroud. It is thus representative of one death for both genders.
The fact that the engraving represents a…