{"product_id":"art-of-death-nigel-llewellyn-9780948462160","title":"Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual C.1500 - C.1800","description":"How did our ancestors die? Whereas in our own day the subject of death is usually avoided, in pre-Industrial England the rituals and processes of death were present and immediate. People not only surrounded themselves with memento mori, they also sought to keep alive memories of those who had gone before. This continual confrontation with death was enhanced by a rich culture of visual artifacts. In \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Nigel Llewellyn explores the meanings behind an astonishing range of these artifacts, and describes the attitudes and practices which lay behind their production and use. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated and explained in this book are an array of little-known objects and images such as death's head spoons, jewels and swords, mourning-rings and fans, wax effigies, church monuments, Dance of Death prints, funeral invitations and ephemera, as well as works by well-known artists, including Holbein, Hogarth and Blake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Llewellyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0948462167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780948462160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.16w x 0.58d","brand":"Nigel Llewellyn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947490509055,"sku":"9780948462160","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c0df996d-57bb-4293-8963-7967cf181926.jpg?v=1681519043","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-of-death-nigel-llewellyn-9780948462160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}