Bibliograph

Death, a graveside companion, edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self

Type

Label

Death, a graveside companion, edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-364) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Death

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1009363043

Responsibility statement

edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self

Review

The ultimate death compendium, featuring the world's most extraordinary artistic objects concerned with mortality, together with text by expert contributors. Death is an 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

Sub title

a graveside companion

Target audience

adult

Classification