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A Healthy Mania For The Macabre, Stephen Asma
A Healthy Mania For The Macabre, Stephen Asma
Stephen T Asma
The article discusses the fascination with death in art in response to several exhibits which display preserved human bodies, such as the "Body Worlds" traveling exhibit which features human bodies preserved with silicon after an acetone bath, a technique discovered by medical scientist Gunther von Hagens. The author looks at human curiosity with morbidity and artists such as Damien Hirst that use it as the focus of their work. Topics include comments by Richard Harris, creator of "Morbid Curiosity" exhibition in Chicago, Illinois, art historian Paul Koudounaris, and the beauty of death and morbidity according to New York artist and …
“The Second African Synod And The Challenges Of Reconciliation, Justice, And Peace In Africa’S Social Context: A Missionary Theological Praxis Of Reconciliation—Part 2", Stan Chu Ilo
Stan Chu Ilo
No abstract provided.
“The Second African Synod And The Challenges Of Reconciliation, Justice, And Peace In Africa’S Social Context: A Missionary Theological Praxis Of Reconciliation—Part 1”, Stan Chu Ilo
Stan Chu Ilo
No abstract provided.
Klostergericht Und-Kerker. Der "Criminalprocess Der Franciskaner", Ulrich Lehner
Klostergericht Und-Kerker. Der "Criminalprocess Der Franciskaner", Ulrich Lehner
Ulrich L. Lehner
No abstract provided.