Death and resurrection in art /

De Pascale, Enrico.

Death and resurrection in art / Enrico De Pascale ; translated by Anthony Shugaar. - Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009. - 384 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm. - A guide to imagery . - Guide to imagery. .

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.

9780892369478 0892369477

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014921107 Uk


Death in art--Dictionaries.
Resurrection in art--Dictionaries.

N 8217 .D5 / D4313 2009