Visual cultures of death in Central Europe : : contemplation and commemoration in early modern Poland-Lithuania / / By Aleksandra Koutny-Jones.
In Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe , Aleksandra Koutny-Jones explores the emergence of a remarkable cultural preoccupation with death in Poland-Lithuania (1569-1795). Examining why such interests resonated so strongly in the Baroque art of this Commonwealth, she argues that the printing r...
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| Superior document: | Northern World, Volume 73 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Northern world ;
Volume 73. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction: The Central European Age of Contemplation and Commemoration
- Frameworks for Visual Cultures of Death in Poland-Lithuania
- Death Personified: The Skeleton and the Printed Image
- The Dance of Death in Central Europe: Indigenous Variations on a Familiar Theme
- Triumphant Funerals: Ceremonial, Coffin Portraits and Catafalques
- Architectures and Landscapes of Death: Funerary Chapels and Jerusalem Sites
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The Kraków Taniec śmierci (Dance of Death): Transcription and Translation of Textual Cartouches
- Bibliography
- Index.