Death and resurrection in art / Enrico De Pascale ; translated by Anthony Shugaar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Guide to imageryPublication details: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009.Description: 384 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780892369478
  • 0892369477
Uniform titles:
  • Morte e resurrezione. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N 8217 .D5 D4313 2009
Contents:
The blood and the arrow -- Vanitas vanitatum -- Eros and Thanatos -- Between heaven and earth -- Mistress of the world -- Cult of the dead -- Afterworld -- Rebirth.
Summary: "This book will examine the iconography of death as well as that of its symbolic opposite - resurrection and rebirth."--Introduction.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection N 8217 .D5 D4313 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98649588

Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-384) and index.

The blood and the arrow -- Vanitas vanitatum -- Eros and Thanatos -- Between heaven and earth -- Mistress of the world -- Cult of the dead -- Afterworld -- Rebirth.

"This book will examine the iconography of death as well as that of its symbolic opposite - resurrection and rebirth."--Introduction.

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