Danser avec la mort

To danse with the death

From february 26 to may 29 2004

Middle Ages Art, Renaissance
Modern art
Rare books, fine bindings
Manuscripts, autographs

The theme of the macabre dance is first associated to churches and cemeteries, but as early of the XVth century it takes place in the pages of written docuements. Various manuscripts and books printed in Europe from the XVth to the XXth centuries come illustrate the evolution of iconographies and graphic techniques. The culmination of the exhibit is the Macabre Dance printed in Lyon in 1499 and on loan from the British Library.