A death head wearing the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, on the sarcophagus of Habsburg emperor Charles VI in the crypt of the Capuchin church in Vienna, Austria. A sarcophagus is a Funeral receptacle for a Corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone In terms of European architecture a crypt (from the Latin crypta and the Greek κρυπτη, kryptē) is a stone chamber or

Macabre is a term applied to a type of artistic or literary works, characterized by a grim or ghastly atmosphere. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter In these works, there is an emphasis on the details and symbols of death. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Macabre themes are often preoccupations in the Goth subculture. The goth subculture is a contemporary Subculture found in many countries Themes are usually deliberate.

Etymology

The etymology of the word "macabre" is uncertain. Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time According to Gaston Paris^[1] it first occurs in the form macabre in Jean le Fèvre's Respit de la mort (1376), Je fis de Macabré la danse, and he takes this accented form to be the true one, and traces it in the name of the first painter of the subject. Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris ( August 9, 1839 – March 5, 1903) known as Gaston Paris was a French writer and scholar Jean Le Fevre (c 1395 - June 16, 1468) was a Burgundian chronicler and seigneur of Saint Remy. The more usual explanation is based on the Latin name, Machabaeorum chorea (Dance of Maccabees). The Maccabees ( Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim or Maqabim; Greek Μακκαβαῖοι, /makav'εï/ were The seven tortured brothers, with their mother and Eleazar^[2] were prominent figures on this hypothesis in the supposed dramatic dialogues. Other connections have been suggested, as for example with St. Macarius, or Macaire, the hermit, who, according to Vasari, is to be identified with the figure pointing to the decaying corpses in the Pisan Triumph of Death, or with an Arabic word maqaber (مقابر), cemetery. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Another claim is that the word "Macabre" comes from the two Hebrew words "מן הקבר " (Min Hakever), meaning "from the grave".

See also

• Memento mori

Notes