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The Triumph of Death Anonymous
The Triumph of Death. Painted in 1562 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

My Father used to have a print of this hanging in the living room while I was growing-up and I liked it quite a lot. I'd occasionally stare at it for ages. Anyway, it's long gone now and I can't seem to find a good copy of this anywhere to satisfy my nostalgia. The image I've attached is the best I could find, though I have found other copies at up to 1392x1000 but with poor colour, detail and also cropped :-/
>> Anonymous
Too bad the management of Pieter Bruegel did not set up a homepage where you could find the picture ;(
>> Anonymous
If its that important for you: Buy it.
http://www.ooge.com/index.php?navi=details&picid=1977&picnamedesc=Triumph+des+Todes+Pieter+B
rueghel
>> Anonymous
great picture.
>> Anonymous
why do these pictures always involve wagon wheels on the end of a long post...

was it big in those days?
>> Anonymous
>>281629
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel
>> Anonymous
>>281630

...so basically its something they tie you to so they can drub you to death... i see, but i still dont see why they are all hoisted in the air and that. I suppose its a metaphor for "oooh, were nasty, look at the shit were gonna do to you sinnah!"
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Triumph of Time
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Whilst the wheels depicted the triumph of death are clearly breaking wheels (ouch!). Other depictions of cart wheels in this era often symbolise the wheel of fortune, as in this pic