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The ivory mirror, the art of mortality in Renaissance Europe, Stephen Perkinson with contributions by Naomi Speakman, Katherine Baker, Elizabeth Morrison, Emma Maggie Solberg

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The ivory mirror, the art of mortality in Renaissance Europe, Stephen Perkinson with contributions by Naomi Speakman, Katherine Baker, Elizabeth Morrison, Emma Maggie Solberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

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The ivory mirror

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bibliography

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961309328

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Stephen Perkinson with contributions by Naomi Speakman, Katherine Baker, Elizabeth Morrison, Emma Maggie Solberg

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the art of mortality in Renaissance Europe

Summary

"We often imagine the Renaissance as an age of exceptional human progress and artistic achievement. But, intriguingly, macabre images proliferated in precisely this period: unsettling depictions of Death personified, of decaying bodies, of young lovers struck down in their prime. These morbid themes run riot in the remarkable array of artworks featured in The Ivory Mirror. Nearly 200 illustrated artworks--from ivory prayer beads to gem-encrusted jewelry to exquisitely carved small sculptures--present us with an aspect of this era that is at once darker and more familiar than we might have expected"--, Provided by publisher

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