ERIC Number: EJ229696
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Publication Date: 1980
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Ars Moriendi Tradition and Visualization of Death in Roman Baroque Sculpture: Death Education in the Seventeenth Century.
Westin, Robert H.
Death Education, v4 n2 p111-23 Sum 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)
Descriptors: Art History, Artists, Attitudes, Beliefs, Church Role, Death, Fine Arts, Sculpture, Seventeenth Century Literature
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy (Rome)
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