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Memento Mori by Paul Koudounaris
75.00 AUD
Category: Design
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 su ...Show more
Memento Mori - The Dead among Us by Paul Koudounaris
49.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Death is universal, but the human response to death varies widely. In Western society, death is usually medicalized and taboo, and kept apart from the world of the living, while in much of the rest of the world, and for much of human history, death has commonly been far more integrated into peoples' dai ...Show more
The Empire of Death - A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris
59.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
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 cr ...Show more
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