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In Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe , Aleksandra Koutny-Jones explores the emergence of a remarkable cultural preoccupation with death in Poland-Lithuania (1569-1795). Examining why such interests resonated so strongly in the Baroque art of this Commonwealth, she argues that the printing revolution, the impact of the Counter-Reformation, and multiple afflictions suffered by Poland-Lithuania all contributed to a deep cultural concern with mortality. Introducing readers to a range of art, architecture and material culture, this study considers various visual evocations of death including 'Dance of Death' imagery, funerary decorations, coffin portraiture, tomb chapels and religious landscapes. These, Koutny-Jones argues, engaged with wider European cultures of contemplation and commemoration, while also being critically adapted to the specific context of Poland-Lithuania.

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In Imago Mortis: Mediating Images of Death in Late Medieval Culture , Ashby Kinch argues for the affirmative quality of late medieval death art and literature, providing a new, interdisciplinary approach to a well-known body of material. He demonstrates the surprising and effective ways that late medieval artists appropriated images of death and dying as a means to affirm their artistic, social, and political identities. The book dedicates each of its three sections to a pairing of a visual convention (deathbed scenes, the Three Living and Three Dead, and the Dance of Death) and a Middle English literary text (Hoccleve’s Lerne for to die , Audelay’s Three Dead Kings , and Lydgate’s Dance of Death ).

Thematology --- Iconography --- anno 500-1499 --- Death in art. --- Death in literature. --- Art, Medieval. --- Literature, Medieval --- Visual communication --- Middle Ages. --- Death --- Mort dans l'art --- Mort dans la littérature --- Art médiéval --- Littérature médiévale --- Communication visuelle --- Moyen Age --- Mort --- History and criticism. --- History --- Social aspects --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Europe --- Intellectual life. --- Social conditions --- Vie intellectuelle --- Conditions sociales --- 393 --- 091.31:7.04 --- 7.045 --- Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Iconografie: allegorieen; symbolen; dodendansen; emblemata --- Totentanz --- Künste --- Kunst --- Literatur --- Art. --- Death. --- Literature. --- Literature, Medieval. --- Social history. --- Visual communication. --- Social aspects. --- To 1500. --- Europe. --- Art, Medieval -- History. --- Death -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. --- Europe -- Intellectual life. --- Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492. --- Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism. --- Visual communication -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. --- Death in art --- Death in literature --- Art, Medieval --- Middle Ages --- Visual Arts --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Visual Arts - General --- History and criticism --- Totentanz. --- Künste. --- Kunst. --- Literatur. --- 7.045 Iconografie: allegorieen; symbolen; dodendansen; emblemata --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- 393 Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- Mort dans la littérature --- Art médiéval --- Littérature médiévale --- Graphic communication --- Imaginal communication --- Pictorial communication --- Communication --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Medieval art --- Philosophy --- 393 Death. Treatment of corpses. Funerals. Death rites --- Death. Treatment of corpses. Funerals. Death rites --- History.