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A History of Western Society: Printed Page 331

Chapter Chronology

PRIMARY SOURCE 11.1

Dance of Death

In this fifteenth-century fresco from a tiny church in Croatia, skeletons lead people from all social classes in a procession.

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(Robert Harding World Imagery/Alamy)

EVALUATE THE EVIDENCE

  1. Question

    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?

  2. Question

    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?