{"product_id":"art-of-death-visual-culture-in-the-english-death-ritual-c1500-c1800-9780948462160","title":"Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual c.1500 - c.1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did our ancestors die? Whereas in our own day the subject of death is usually avoided  in pre-Industrial England the rituals and processes of death were present and immediate. People not only surrounded themselves with memento mori  they also sought to keep alive memories of those who had gone before. This continual confrontation with death was enhanced by a rich culture of visual artifacts. In The Art of Death  Nigel Llewellyn explores the meanings behind an astonishing range of these artifacts  and describes the attitudes and practices which lay behind their production and use.  Illustrated and explained in this book are an array of little-known objects and images such as deaths head spoons  jewels and swords  mourning-rings and fans  wax effigies  church monuments  Dance of Death prints  funeral invitations and ephemera  as well as works by well-known artists  including Holbein  Hogarth and Blake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665998536757,"sku":"ByrdShop_0948462167","price":36.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780948462160.jpg?v=1782415419","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/art-of-death-visual-culture-in-the-english-death-ritual-c1500-c1800-9780948462160","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}