Death: A Graveside Companion - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joanna Ebenstein, Will Self (Foreword by)Publish date:2017-11-07Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Thames & HudsonISBN-13:9780500519714ISBN-10:500519714UPC:9780500519714Book Category:Social Science, ArtBook Subcategory:Death & Dying, Customs & Traditions, Subjects & ThemesSize:10.60 x 8.00 x 1.40 inchesWeight:4.0543Product ID:SCHERS36E8
Death: A Graveside Companion
Death is an inevitable fact of life. Throughout the centuries, humanity has sought to understand this sobering thought through art and ritual. The theme of memento mori informs medieval Danse Macabre, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Renaissance paintings of dissected corpses and "anatomical Eves," Gothic literature, funeral effigies, Halloween, and paintings of the Last Judgment. Deceased ancestors...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Thames & HudsonISBN-13:9780500519714ISBN-10:500519714UPC:9780500519714Book Category:Social Science, ArtBook Subcategory:Death & Dying, Customs & Traditions, Subjects & ThemesSize:10.60 x 8.00 x 1.40 inchesWeight:4.0543Product ID:SCHERS36E8
Ebenstein, Joanna: - Joanna Ebenstein is the author of The Anatomical Venus and cofounder of the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, New York.Self, Will: - Will Self is the acclaimed author of several novels, short story collections, and novellas. His books include Umbrella, Great Apes, and Phone.
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