The ivory mirror : the art of mortality in Renaissance Europe / Stephen Perkinson ; with contributions by Naomi Speakman, Katherine Baker, Elizabeth Morrison, Emma Maggie Solberg.

"We often imagine the Renaissance as an age of exceptional human progress and artistic achievement. But, intriguingly, macabre images proliferated in precisely this period: unsettling depictions of Death personified, of decaying bodies, of young lovers struck down in their prime. These morbid t...

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Main Author: Perkinson, Stephen (Author)
Other Authors: Speakman, Naomi (Contributor), Baker, Katherine (Professor) (Contributor), Morrison, Elizabeth, 1968- (Contributor), Solberg, Emma Maggie (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brunswick, Maine : Bowdoin College Museum of Art, [2017]
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264 1 |a Brunswick, Maine :  |b Bowdoin College Museum of Art,  |c [2017] 
300 |a 1 online resource (279 pages, 61 pages of color plates) :  |b 161 illustrations (some color) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
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500 |a "This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe, presented at Bowdoin College Museum of Art from June 24 to November 26, 2017"--page following page 279. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index. 
520 |a "We often imagine the Renaissance as an age of exceptional human progress and artistic achievement. But, intriguingly, macabre images proliferated in precisely this period: unsettling depictions of Death personified, of decaying bodies, of young lovers struck down in their prime. These morbid themes run riot in the remarkable array of artworks featured in The Ivory Mirror. Nearly 200 illustrated artworks--from ivory prayer beads to gem-encrusted jewelry to exquisitely carved small sculptures--present us with an aspect of this era that is at once darker and more familiar than we might have expected"--Publisher's description. 
588 |a Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on March 18, 2021). 
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700 1 |a Speakman, Naomi,  |e contributor. 
700 1 |a Baker, Katherine  |c (Professor),  |e contributor.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBcpkmbXWJRktqdT6bR4y 
700 1 |a Morrison, Elizabeth,  |d 1968-  |e contributor.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBXPM6XMMFtdWYBfb4Fyq 
700 1 |a Solberg, Emma Maggie,  |e contributor. 
710 2 |a Bowdoin College.  |b Museum of Art,  |e organizer,  |e host institution,  |e publisher. 
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