The art of suicide / Ron M. Brown.
This is a history of the representation of suicide from the ancient world to the 20th century. After looking at instances of death in ancient Greece, the author discusses the contrast between the absence of such figures in early Christianity and images of biblical suicides in the medieval era.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
2001.
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| Series: | Picturing history.
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| Online Access: | Art & Architecture Complete |
| Summary: | This is a history of the representation of suicide from the ancient world to the 20th century. After looking at instances of death in ancient Greece, the author discusses the contrast between the absence of such figures in early Christianity and images of biblical suicides in the medieval era. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic document (253 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282795899 1861896867 9781282795891 9781861896865 |