'The Empire of Death' by Paul Koudounaris SIGNED by the author! 0500251789

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Condition:	New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition	Author:	Paul Koudounaris
Publication Year:	03/10/2011	Subject:	The Arts
Format:	Hardback	Subject 2:	Architecture
Language:	English	ISBN:	9780500251782

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Takes the reader on an international tour of macabre and devotional architectural masterpieces in nearly 20 countries. This book brings together some of the world's most important charnel sites, ranging from the crypts of the Capuchin monasteries in Italy, to the strange tomb of a 1960s wealthy Peruvian nobleman.
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Author(s)	Paul Koudounaris
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date of Publication	03/10/2011
Language(s)	English
Format	Hardback
ISBN-10	0500251789
ISBN-13	9780500251782
Genre	Architecture

Publication Data
Place of Publication	London
Country of Publication	United Kingdom
First Published	2011
Imprint	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Content Note	421 illustrations, 290 in colour

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Weight	1580 g
Width	231 mm
Height	310 mm
Spine	25 mm
Pagination	224

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The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses. SIGNED by the Author.

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 worlds most important charnel sites, ranging from the crypts of the Capuchin monasteries in Italy and the skull-encrusted columns of the ossuary in Évora 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.

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In deepest, darkest Hackney lies Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, a vainglorious attempt to recreate a 17th Century Kunstkamera. In old museum cabinets lurks a collection of wonder inspiring objects including the finest in Naturalia, Taxidermy, Zoology, Entomology, Juvenalia and Osteology.

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