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Six feet under : autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten = autopsy of our relation to the dead

by Bernhard Fibicher, Kunstmuseum Bern, Elisabeth Bronfen, Regula Tschumi, Matthias Frehner, Susanne Friedli, Hans Christoph von Tavel, Andreas Rüfenacht, Helga Lutz

This volume explores how death and decay have been depicted in international art from the sixteenth century to the present. Focusing primarily on contemporary works, it examines key themes such as organised burial rituals, cadavers, and coffins.

Accession 2998 ISBN 3866780192 Publisher Kerber Verlag
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