{"product_id":"the-vision-of-death-davide-stefanacci-9781983757587","title":"The Vision of Death: Wax Sculpture in the Seventeenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe seventeenth century saw a marked increase in wax sculptures across Europe. Capable of producing powerful, realistic representations of the human form and anatomy, wax was used to create anatomical models, effigies, portraits, and tableaux celebrating themes of man's mortality. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavide Stefanacci argues that a common theme runs through seventeenth-century wax sculptures: a preoccupation with death. Through wax representations, Europeans could achieve immortality-of a sort. The grim realism the medium was capable of representing was used to promote meditative thought while the sculpture's ability to move was quickly recognized by a Catholic Church eager to control lives and keep order during the Counter-Reformation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStefanacci combines the study of noncanonical works of art with an examination of the social crises gripping seventeenth-century Europe to interpret the intention and effect of wax sculptures in unprecedented ways. He sheds light on the previously overlooked use of sculptural polychromatic representations in wax and makes the compelling case that, by interpreting wax sculptures as representations of life, art history has neglected the concrete and powerful presence of death in seventeenth-century life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStraightforward in style and compelling in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe Vision of Death\u003c\/i\u003e challenges accepted views on the intent and impact of European wax sculpture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Davide Stefanacci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1983757586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781983757587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Davide Stefanacci","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940607525119,"sku":"9781983757587","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4f273c87-0d32-488e-ae58-2e1d5090dab3.jpg?v=1681448162","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-vision-of-death-davide-stefanacci-9781983757587","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}