The art of death : visual culture in the English death ritual, c. 1500-c. 1800
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The art of death : visual culture in the English death ritual, c. 1500-c. 1800
Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Musuem by Reaktion Books, 1991
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Bibliography: p. 146-150
Reprinted 1997: "First published 1991, reprinted 1992, 1997"--T.p. verso
Includes index
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内容説明
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.
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