A Brief History of the Dead in Art

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Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
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***SELECTED ADDITIONAL READING***

"15 Things You Should Know About The Raft of the Medusa"


"The Real Corpses That Served as Models for the Doomed Crew of the 'Raft of the Medusa'"


"Théodore Géricault's Morgue-Based Preparatory Paintings for 'Raft of the Medusa,' A Guest Post by Paul Koudounaris"


"7 Amazing Facts About the Sedlec Ossuary"


"Remember that you have to die"


"Heritage Ethics and Human Rights of the Dead"
Perreault, Kelsey. The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. July 2018.

"The Anatomy of Michelangelo"


"The Renaissance Tradition of Using Cadavers in Drawing Classes Is Still Alive"


"Holbein's dead Christ delivers a shock"


"Hans Holbein the Younger, Dead Christ Entombed"


"An Intersection Of Science And Art In Rembrandt's 'Anatomy Lesson'"


"After Joel-Peter Witkin"


"THE Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Photographer Joel-Peter Witkin"


"Muerte Sin Fin: Teresa Margolles's Gendered States of Exception"
Carroll, Amy Sara. TDR: The Drama Review. New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Summer 2010.

"Teresa Margolles's Crime Scene Aesthetics"
Bray, Rebecca Scott. South Atlantic Quarterly. Volume 110, September 2011.

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