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02599aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 74359434580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170311t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0500519714 020 $a 9780500519714 035 $a (OCoLC)975365743 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d CDX $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d SILO 050 4 $a HQ1073 $b .D392 2017 082 04 $a 306.9 $2 23 245 00 $a Death : $b a graveside companion / $c edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self ; 1,000 macabre illustrations. 246 30 $a Graveside companion 264 1 $a London : $b Thames & Hudson Ltd, $c 2017. 300 $a 367 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 28 cm 500 $a "Featuring the Richard Harris Art Collection"--Front book cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-363) and index. 520 8 $a Death is the one inevitable fact of life. Throughout the centuries, humanity has sought to understand this sobering thought through art and ritual. The theme of memento mori informs medieval Danse Macabre, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Renaissance paintings of dissected corpses and "anatomical Eves," Gothic literature, funeral effigies, Halloween, and paintings of the Last Judgment. Deceased ancestors are celebrated in the Mexican Day of the Dead, while the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead to secure their afterlife.0A volume of unprecedented breadth and sinister beauty, 'Death: A Graveside Companion' examines a staggering range of cultural attitudes toward death. The book is organized into themed chapters: The Art of Dying, Examining the Dead, Memorializing the Dead, The Personification of Death, Symbolizing Death, Death as Amusement, and The Dead After Life. Each chapter begins with thought-provoking articles by curators, academics, and journalists followed by gallery spreads presenting a breathtaking variety of death-related imagery and artifacts. From skulls to the dance of death, statuettes to ex libris, memento mori to memorabilia, all the images are of artifacts in the astonishing collection of Richard Harris and range from 2000 BCE to the present day, running the gamut of both high and popular culture. 650 0 $a Death in art. 650 0 $a Death in literature. 650 0 $a Death. 700 1 $a Ebenstein, Joanna, $d 1971- $e editor. 700 1 $a Self, Will, $e writer of foreword. 700 1 $a Harris, Richard $c (Collector) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217030026.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=74359434580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search