How cool would this look on your display shelf or coffee table? Or maybe as a gift for that brooding-artist-type friend whose got a great wunderkammer but you can still never find anything for?
No problem. You can thank me later.
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This unusual art book is a philosophical enquiry into the use of deathly imagery in contemporary art. It explores art and also literature, film and history to investigate why fear of death is an intrinsic part of life.
The Rapture of Death is the experience of delight upon escaping grave danger. It offers the sweet knowledge that you are safe, at least for the moment, from the clutches of darkness. Prue Gibson.
This literary non fiction art book is a protracted, personal and accessible essay into the meaning of mortal fear and its related symbols, myths, rhapsodies, warnings and curious obsessions.
Small, tactile and collectible, the book stalks monsters, nineteenth century ghost traditions, skulls, taxidermy, seventeenth century wunderkammer and the latest ‘curiosity art’ to find some answers. Discussions of burial poles, fetish and the glorious wings of angels add to the writer’s attempts to uncover our deepest deathly fears.
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