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Empire of Death. A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses.
London, Thames & Hudson, 2011 Illustr. hardcover, 224pp., 23x31cm., illustr. throughout, new. ISBN 9780500251782.
In this tour de force of original cultural history, Paul Koudounaris takes the reader on an unprecedented international tour of macabre and devotional architectural masterpieces in nearly 20 countries. This is the first book to bring together the world's most important charnel sites, ranging from the crypts of the Capuchin monasteries in Italy and the skull-encrusted columns of the ossuary in Evora in Portugal, to the strange tomb of a 1960s wealthy Peruvian nobleman decorated with the exhumed skeletons of his Spanish ancestors. Illustrated with specially taken photographs of sites rarely open to the public and forgotten archive images of others long destroyed, this mesmerising, shocking and deeply moving book is an essential memento mori for our modern age.
Memento Mori. The Dead Among Us
, Thames and Hudson, 2015 Hardback, 330x220mm, 208 pages , 278 bw and col. illustrations. First English edition . ISBN 9780500517789.
Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the worlds more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones, to skulls smoking cigarettes, wearing beanie hats and sunglasses, and decorated with garlands of flowers in South America, Paul Koudounaris ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and salvation. His glorious colour photographs and informed commentaries reveal that in many places, the realms of the living and the dead are nowhere near so distinct as contemporary Western society would have us believe
Heavenly Bodies. Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs.
[UK] Thames and Hudson, , 2013 Hardback, 240x170mm, 192p, 90 colour illustrations, English edition. ISBN 9780500251959.
Heavenly Bodies is the chronicle of a group of extraordinary skeletons discovered in the Roman Catacombs in the late sixteenth century. Largely anonymous, they were nevertheless held to be the remains of Early Christian martyrs, and treated as sacred. Sent to Catholic churches and religious houses in German-speaking Europe to replace holy relics that had been destroyed in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, the skeletons were carefully reassembled, and richly adorned with jewels and precious costumes. They became the centre of spiritual life for many communities, yet as time passed, faith in them wavered and they were cast out as imposters, as the Catholic Church turned its back on what was once one of its treasures. This is a story that until now has been left out of the pages of both art and religious histories.
Heavenly Bodies
Thames & Hudson (9/2013)
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L'Empire de la Mort : Histoire culturelle des ossuaires et des charniers
Editions du Regard. 2011. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 224 pages. Nombreuses photos et illustrations en noir et blanc et couleurs dans et hors texte. Jaquette en bon état.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 306.9-La mort
Classification Dewey : 306.9-La mort
Trésors des catacombes
Editions de la Martinière 2013 In-4 relié 31,4 cm sur 22,6. 192 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.
Très bon état d’occasion
The empire of death. A cultural history of ossuaries and charnel houses.
2011 Editions Thames & Hudson - 2011 - In-4, cartonnage noir avec titre, nom de l'auteur et décor dorés sur les plats et le dos, photographie contrecollée en couleurs sur le 1er plat - 224 p. - Très nombreuses reproductions photographiques et illustrations in et hors texte en couleurs et en sépia - ouvrage en anglais
Bon état
