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

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

Editorial Reviews Financial Times "A highly perceptive account of attitudes to death and its commemoration in post-Reformation England. Lucidly written." Book Description In pre-Industrial England the process of dying was deliberately extended and enhanced with a rich variety of visual artifacts. Includes death's-head spoons, wax effigies, as well as works by Holbein and Blake, and looks at the rituals associated with them.

Art of Death : Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual c.1500 - c.1800,Nigel Llewellyn,Reaktion Books,0948462167,Architecture,Art & Art Instruction,Church of England,Customs and practices,Death in art,England,History - General,Material Culture,Sepulchral monuments,Special Subjects In Art,Art / General

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