DEATH AND RESURRECTION IN ART

This title presents a gloriously illustrated exploration of 3,000 years of the iconography of death and resurrection in world art. A s one of the unavoidable realities of human existence, death is also one of the oldest and most common themes in art. From Egyptian tomb paintings and battles scenes on Greek vases by anonymous artists, to depictions of the crucifixion of Christ by Renaissance mas ters, to contemporary encounters with these subjects by artists such as Damien Hirst and Andres Serrano, this new volume in the Guid e to Imag...[Llegir més]