The Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual c. 1500 - c. 1800

Book

-

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

The Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual c. 1500 - c. 1800

Entry/Object ID

2015.002.006

Description

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 Library

Acquisition

Accession

2015.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2015)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Death in art, Sepulchral monuments--England, Church of England, Customs and practices

Book Details

Author

Llewellyn, Nigel, 1951-

Publisher

Reaktion Books

Place Published

Location

London, England

Date Published

1991

Call No.

N8217 .D5 L57 1991

ISBN

0948462167

LCCN

92105224

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Nigel Llewellyn. Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-150) and index.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 9, 2015

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 16, 2023