The Research On The Image-“The Dance Of Death” Of Hans Holbein The Younger

In the late middle ages, there are a lot of themes about death expressed in the way of images, such as " The Triumph of Death", "death and the maiden ", "Doomsday", "the passion of the Christ" and so on.The way to convey the theme of “the dance of death” is a important and special kind. Among the paintings,whose theme is “the dance of death”,Hans Holbein the Younger's works have a very important status.The images of Hans Holbein the Younger's “the dance of death” is different from Christian images before it in the theme's source,the way of making it, the way of existence, the way of watching and the function of the image. For the purpose of satirizing the Catholic and revealing the dark side of the society, He used the subject of folklore, replication technology, which make the dance of death spread in the society quickly.The image function of Hans Holbein the Younger's “the dance of death”,from religious theology of traditional Christian converted into social and political function.This article is mainly about the study of the Holbein's painting “the dance of death”,which to exploring its background, social language behind the image and social impact. First of all, the probe into the humanism, social and religious backgrounds of the dance of death from three aspects:the topic background, social background and Hans Holbein the Younger's Personal background. Secondly, the research of social language behind the image symbols from the creating reason,publishing, the symbol of image and its symbolic, image classification, thoughts in the image.Thirdly, this part is to study the artistic features of the Holbein's painting“the dance of death”. Finally, the article take the method of contrast analysis, to exploring the particularity of Hans Holbein the Younger's “the dance of death”.