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Master of Death : The Lifeless Art of Pierre Remiet, Illuminator
Master of Death The Lifeless Art of Pierre Remiet Illuminator Author:Michael Camille Imaginative, innovative, and illustrated with some of the most striking images of the Middle Ages, this book is a "history of death in miniature" as told in hundreds of tiny pictures produced by fourteenth-century manuscript illuminator, Pierre Remiet, whose specialty was the representation of death, old age, and decay. Michael Camille explores ... more »the artist`s work, shedding light on medieval perceptions of death, its fascination with the macabre, and the relationship between mortality and image-making itself.« less