‘Death: A Graveside Companion’ offers an outlet for your morbid curiosity
New book explores the how humans have tried to understand death through the ages
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BEAUTY AND DECAY Vanitas art, which explores the vanity of life and inevitability of death, became popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Adriaen van Utrecht’s 1642 Vanitas Still Life With Flowers and Skull is shown.
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