Name/Title
The Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual c. 1500 - c. 1800Entry/Object ID
2015.002.006Description
Explores the meanings behind the symbols, devices, and rituals of death and dying.
Contents: The Object of Commemoration -- Rites of Passage -- Dying, A Process -- Dances of Death -- Examples of Virtue -- Death, A Bad Business -- Two Bodies -- Body Language -- The Natural Body and its Fate -- Funerals: The Declaration of Difference -- Heraldic Displays -- Funereal Paraphernalia -- Liturgies -- Worn Out and In -- Objects of Mourning -- The Monumental Body -- Kinds of Monument -- Image Theory -- Epilogue
160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (softcover)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2015.002Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2015)Acquisition Method
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Death in art, Sepulchral monuments--England, Church of England, Customs and practicesBook Details
Author
Llewellyn, Nigel, 1951-Publisher
Reaktion BooksDate Published
1991Call No.
N8217 .D5 L57 1991ISBN
0948462167LCCN
92105224Notes
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PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Nigel Llewellyn.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-150) and index.Created By
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