Displaying 1 of 1 1985 Format: Book Author: Ariès, Philippe. Title: Images of man and death / Philippe Ariès ; translated by Janet Lloyd. Publisher, Date: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1985. Description: 271 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm Summary: Using hundreds of photographs, one of the founders of the French school of history examines and discusses the ceremonies and rituals of death throughout history and across cultural and economic borders. Subjects: Death in art. Death. Sepulchral monuments. Art -- Themes, motives. Civilization, Western. Christian art and symbolism. Other Author: Lloyd, Janet, 1934- translator. Other Title: Images de l'homme devant la mort. English Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270). Translation of: Images de l'homme devant la mort. Contents: Introduction: Death and the icon -- The cemetery and the church -- Tombs -- From the home to the grave -- The beyond -- Omnia vanitas -- The return of the cemetery -- The death of others -- What of today? LCCN: 85000768 ISBN: 0674444108 9780674444102 Other Number: 11622286 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 5713 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 704.9493 Aries Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
