{"product_id":"death-book-iii","title":"DEATH BOOK III","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of DEATH BOOK collects contemporary depictions of death, in the form of drawings, illustrations and paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore photography was invented, we relied on illustrations, paintings and, even more so, real dead bodies to gaze upon decaying flesh. Many visual expressions of death were used to moralize or romanticise death. Vanitas paintings were made to remind us that life is only temporary and all mortal possessions remain in vain. The Japanese Kusôzu tradition of watercolour paintings, that depict the nine stages of the decaying body, from the first moment of death unto the final stages, were made to remind us not to give into bodily desires. Romantic war paintings asked the viewer to fight for the cause. [publishers’ note]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDEATH BOOK lll is art directed by PZtoday, who has designed the book as a Bible\/Address book. With an introduction by Pernilla Ellens and Lauren Raaijmakers and featuring drawings, paintings and illustrations from Alicia Gibson, Christina Quarles, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ellen Cantor, Franko B, Hermann Nitsch, Ion Birch, Keith Boadwee, Lin Ke, Mike Diana, Namio Harukawa, Oliver Eales, Patrick Wray, PZtoday, Qiu Xiaofei, Richard Hawkins, Sutapa Biswas, Toshio Saeki, Urs Lüthi, Vittorio Scarpati, Will Henry, Julien Ceccaldi and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357767999828,"sku":"A8B-30612","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/death3.jpg?v=1790812959","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/death-book-iii","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}