Dance of DeathIn this fifteenth-century fresco from a tiny church in Croatia, skeletons lead people from all social classes in a procession. (Robert Harding World Imagery/Alamy)> PICTURING THE PASTANALYZING THE IMAGE: Based on their clothing and the objects they are carrying, who are the people shown in the fresco? What does this suggest was the artist’s message about death?
CONNECTIONS: Paintings such as this clearly provide evidence of the preoccupation with death in this era, but does this work highlight other social issues as well? If so, what are they?