Endless Glamour: Art Deco Funerary Design
Determining the date of death lies in murky territory. Nonetheless it holds the distinction, unusual for a style of design, of having a definite date …
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Permanence/Impermanence
Kyoto, 1863. Picture three human heads on wooden pikes, silhouetted against the brilliant white of an overcast sky, lofted above the Kamo River for all passersby to see.
Making the Right Decision
The stories go, from Pausanias to Pliny, that Artemisia ground up the cremains of her lover with herbs and drank them with wine, becoming, in …