Macabre

Totentanz ("Dance of the Dead"), illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514)
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
Upper section of the Transi of René de Chalon. Sculpture by Ligier Richier, c. 1545–1547

In art, the term macabre (US: /məˈkɑːb/ or UK: /məˈkɑːbrə/; French: [makabʁ]) means "having a grim or ghastly atmosphere".

The macabre emphasises the details and symbols of death.

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