Death and the Maiden
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Death and the Maiden was a common theme in Renaissance art, especially in painting. It was developed from the Dance of Death theme and the myth of Persephone and Hades. The theme consists of a personified death figure and a "maiden". The new element was an erotic subtext. A prominent representative is Hans Baldung Grien.
The motif was picked up again in romantic art, a prominent example being Franz Schubert's lied Der Tod und das Mädchen.
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Death and the Maiden may refer to:
- in art:
- Death and the Maiden, several works by Hans Baldung
- Death and the Maiden (Egon Schiele painting), a 1916 painting by Egon Schiele
- Several works by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch
- Death and the Maiden (Hans Schwarz), tondo
- in music:
- "Death and the Maiden" (song), an 1817 song composed by Franz Schubert
- Death and the Maiden Quartet (Schubert), an 1824 string quartet ( No. 14, D. 810 ) composed by Franz Schubert
- in drama:
- Death and the Maiden (play), a 1991 play by Ariel Dorfman
- Death and the Maiden (1994 film), a 1994 film by Roman Polanski based on Dorfman's play
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