How did our ancestors die? Whereas in our own day the subject of death is usually avoided, in pre-Industrial England the rituals and processes of death were present and immediate. People not only surrounded themselves with memento mori, they also sought to keep alive memories of those who had gone before. This continual confrontation with death was enhanced by a rich culture of visual artefacts. In The Art of Death , Nigel Llewellyn explores the meanings behind an astonishing range of these artefacts, and describes the attitudes and practices which lay behind their production and use. Illustrated and explained in this book are an array of little-known objects and images such as death's head spoons, jewels and swords, mourning-rings and fans, wax effigies, church monuments, Dance of Death prints, funeral invitations and ephemera, as well as works by well-known artists, including Holbein, Hogarth and Blake.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Reaktion Books
ISBN-13
9780948462160
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94502971
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Psychology
Author
N Llewellyn
Publication Name
Art of Death
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
N Llewellyn
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Meistverkauft in Schule & Ausbildung
Aktuelle Folie {CURRENT_SLIDE} von {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Meistverkauft in Schule & Ausbildung