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2) Skulls
Author
Publisher
Lark Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
On June 4th, 2007, artist Noah Scalin came up with an ingenious idea: he cut a skull out of orange paper and posted it online with the note, "I'm making a skull image every day for a year." His uniquely witty works became a wild success: five months later, nearly 250,000 people have visited the site, many sending in skull photos of their own and turning Scalin's blog into one of the world's top sites. Noah's always found skulls fascinating--and these...
Publisher
Spector Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Leben und sterben, lieben und loslassen ? Bilder, Filme, Bücher, die sich mit dem Tod beschäftigen, rühren an den größten Ängsten. Die Fotografie ist nicht das erste Medium, das eingesetzt wurde, um den Tod zu bannen. Aber kein anderes Medium hat seit seiner Erfindung eine vergleichbare Auseinandersetzung durch Bildstrategien und Techniken hervorgebracht. Viele davon haben mit den spezifischen Eigenschaften von Fotografie zu tun: Einerseits...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Cemeteries have long been known for their tranquility and architectural beauty. To convey the lives of the people buried beneath them, and the expectations for what comes after death, symbolism has long been part of gravestones. Many people who enjoy exploring old cemeteries will have noticed interesting symbols on some of the famous historical graves throughout the US. Along with this renewed appreciation for historic cemeteries, comes the realization...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When college student Brad Putnam turns up dead in his bedroom in his Boston apartment, Homicide Detective Timothy Quinn is baffled by the crime scene and decides to seek the help of art history professor Sweeney St. George to make sense of the evidence. An expert on "the art of death," Sweeney immediately identifies the objects found on the body as mourning jewelry-and discovers that she knew the victim. Brad Putnam was taking her class on that very...
