Death: A Graveside Companion by Joanna Ebenstein

Death: A Graveside Companion

Joanna Ebenstein

368 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
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Death is an inevitable fact of life. Throughout the centuries, humanity has sought to understand this sobering thought through art and ritual. The theme of memento mori informs medieval Danse Macabre, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Renaissance pain...

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informative 85%
reflective 85%
dark 71%
mysterious 28%
challenging 14%
lighthearted 14%

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slow 80%
medium 20%

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4.4

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