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The Empire of Death: A Cultural History Of Ossuaries And Charnel Houses

Door Paul Koudounaris

Categorie
Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer
#382076-WD25
Titel
The Empire of Death: A Cultural History Of Ossuaries And Charnel Houses
Auteur
Koudounaris, Paul
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
London : Thames & Hudson
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
0500251789
ISBN13
9780500251782
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original gilt lettered black boards, map on endpapers, ribbon marker, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour, map, 4to.
Samenvatting
From bone fetishism in the ancient world to painted skulls in Austria and Bavaria: an unusual and compelling work of cultural history. It is sometimes said that death is the last taboo, but it was not always so. For centuries, religious establishments constructed decorated ossuaries and charnel houses that stand as masterpieces of art created from human bone. These unique structures have been pushed into the footnotes of history; they were part of a dialogue with death that is now silent. The sites in this specially photographed and brilliantly original study range from the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Palermo, where the living would visit mummified or skeletal remains and lovingly dress them; to the Paris catacombs; to fantastic bone-encrusted creations in Austria, Cambodia, t... (Lees verder)he Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and elsewhere. Paul Koudounaris photographed more than seventy sites for this book. He analyzes the role of these remarkable memorials within the cultures that created them, as well as the mythology and folklore that developed around them, and skillfully traces a remarkable human endeavor.
Pagina's
221
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 25,00

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