THE RING DEPICTS THE "DANCE OF DEATH".
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE DESIGN OF THE RING WAS THE PAINTING "DANCE OF DEATH" BY BERNT NOTKE.
THE DANCE OF DEATH IS AN ALLEGORICAL PLOT OF PAINTING AND LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE VARIANTS OF THE EUROPEAN ICONOGRAPHY OF THE FRAILTY OF HUMAN EXISTENCE: PERSONALIZED DEATH LEADS TO THE GRAVE OF DANCING REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL STRATA OF SOCIETY - NOBLES, CLERGY, MERCHANTS, PEASANTS.