{"product_id":"the-dance-of-death-by-hans-holbein-9780141396828","title":"The Dance of Death","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new departure in Penguin Classics – a book containing one of the greatest of all Renaissance woodcut sequences – Holbein's bravura danse macabre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Holbein's first great triumphs, \u003cem\u003eThe Dance of Death\u003c\/em\u003e is an incomparable sequence of tiny woodcuts showing the folly of human greed and pride, with each image packed with drama, wit and horror as a skeleton mocks and terrifies everyone from the emperor to a ploughman. Taking full advantage of the new literary culture of the early 16th century, \u003cem\u003eThe Dance of Death\u003c\/em\u003e took an old medieval theme and made it new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Dance of Death\u003c\/em\u003e reproduces a complete set from the British Museum, with many details highlighted and examples of other works in this grisly field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUlinka Rublack introduces the woodcuts with a remarkable essay on the late medieval danse macabre and the world Holbein lived in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47364970119404,"sku":"9780141396828","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8770263482238.jpg?v=1773021196","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-dance-of-death-by-hans-holbein-9780141396828","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}