Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris

Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses

Paul Koudounaris

224 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative mysterious slow-paced
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The sites in this specially photographed and brilliantly original study range from the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Palermo, where the living would visit mummified or skeletal remains and lovingly dress them; to the Paris catacombs; to...

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