The Art of Death, Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual C. 1500- C. 1800 - Nigel Llewellyn,
Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual c.1500 - c.1800
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KORTE INHOUD
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 artifacts. In The Art of Death, Nigel Llewellyn explores the meanings behind an astonishing range of these artifacts, and de...
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Reaktion Books, 1991, 160 pp., softcover 15,5 x 23,5 cm, 410 gr., uitstekende conditie, onbeschreven, geen leesvouwen in de rug
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