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Westin, Robert H. – Death Education, 1980
The tradition of the Ars Moriendi influenced art by creating a new reality in which the dead could appear eternally alive. A good death was seen as an act of faith. The literature of Ars Moriendi influenced baroque sculpture which today is viewed as almost bizarre. (JAC)
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