UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

B.A. (Hons.) Liberal Arts
Course Name – Critical Thinking & Reasoning
Course Code – 21LAN-106
Guide Name – Ms. Shubhangi

PRESENTED BY,
DEBANJAN MONDAL
 COURSE CONTENT

A. INTRODUCTION
1 B. DESCRIPTION BASED ON IMAGE

C. ASSIGNMENT CONTENT
D. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
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E. OBSERVATION & RECOGNIZATION

3 F. CONCLUSION

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 INTRODUCTION
CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND CASE STUDY :

A critical analysis is subjective writing because it

expresses the writer's opinion or evaluation of a text. Analysis means
to break down and study the parts. Writing a critical paper requires
two steps: critical reading and critical writing.
Case study is a research methodology. A case study can
be defined as an analytical study about a topic. A case study does not
necessarily have to be one observation, it may include many
observations.
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THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH
 DESCRIPTION BASED ON THE IMAGE

 The painting shows a panorama of an army of skeletons wreaking havoc

across a blackened, desolate landscape. Fires burn in the distance, and the
sea is littered with shipwrecks.
 In the upper left corner, others ring the bell that signifies the death knell of
the world. People are herded into a coffin-shaped trap decorated with
crosses, while a skeleton on horseback kills people with a scythe.
 To the right as the fighting breaks out, a skeleton in a hooded robe
mockingly seems to bring another dish, also consisting of human bones, to
the table—horrifying another woman with the realisation of mortality.
 DESCRIPTION BASED ON THE IMAGE

 A woman has fallen in the path of the death cart; she has a
slender thread which is about to be cut by the scissors in
her other hand.
 Nearby another woman in the path of the cart, holds in her
hand a spindle and distaff, classical symbols of the fragility
of human life.
The painting depicts people of different social backgrounds
– from peasants and soldiers to nobles as well as a king and
a cardinal – being taken by death indiscriminately.
 ASSIGNMENT CONTENT

• Study the painting for at least 3 minutes

• Remove yourself from the image by closing the book or the screen
• Try to visually reproduce the painting in your mind
• Using pen and paper, describe as many details as you can,
including specific objects, colors and emotions
• You can also include observations and guesses. Try to answer
these questions:

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 OBSERVATION

What historical period is it from?

The painting shows aspects of everyday life in the mid-

sixteenth century, when the risk of plague was very
severe. Clothes are clearly depicted, as are pastimes such
as playing cards and backgammon.

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 OBSERVATION
What culture did the painter belong to?

I guess the painter belonged to the culture of Dutch and

Flemish Renaissance painting, because the formative
influence of Dutch Golden age painting and high
Renaissance art and culture is crystal clear in this
picture .

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 RECOGNIZATION

What themes does the painting address?

The painting addresses a theme of Skeleton parodies

which manifests dance of death or the Italian conception
of the triumph of the death .

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 CONCLUSION
 I think that these is a picture of mid-16th century because it shows
small figures in an imaginary panoramic landscape seen from an
elevated view point that includes many significant element .
I interpret that this picture is belonging from the high
Renaissance culture because It shows objects such as musical
instruments, an early mechanical clock, scenes including a funeral
service, and various methods of execution, including the breaking
wheel, the gallows, burning at the stake.

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 CONCLUSION

 I am also considering the theme of this picture refers to the

human parodies because in the central zone of the image, an
awakening religious pilgrim has his throat cut by a robber-skeleton
for his money purse; above the murder, skeleton-fishermen catch
people in a net.
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