About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 256. Chapters: Funerary art, Graffiti, Islamic art, Self-portrait, Royal Entry, Portrait painting, Anime, Still life, Old master print, Surveillance art, Landscape art, Marine art, Stuckism, Pastoral, Street art, New media, Panoramic painting, Mail art, Body painting, Arabesque (Islamic art), Grotesque, Hardstone carving, Generative art, Kitsch, Hierarchy of genres, Diorama, Remodernism, Outsider art, Nose art, Commercial graffiti, Post-postmodernism, History painting, Fine-art photography, Danse Macabre, Album cover, National personification, Trompe-l'oeil, Interactive art, Environmental art, Narrative art, Modernisme, Installation art, Victimless Leather, Protest art, Religious image, Horses in art, Nocturne (painting), Digital painting, Religious art, Immersion (virtual reality), Genre works, Memento mori, Actual Art, Figure drawing, Hybrid arts, Digital art, Radio art. Excerpt: Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead. Tomb is a general term for the repository, while grave goods are objects-other than the primary human remains-which have been placed inside. Such objects may include the personal possessions of the deceased, objects specially created for the burial, or miniature versions of things believed to be needed in an afterlife. Knowledge of many non-literate cultures is drawn largely from these sources. Funerary art may serve many cultural functions. It can play a role in burial rites, serve as an article for use by the dead in the afterlife, and celebrate the life and accomplishments of the dead, whether as part of kinship-centred practices of ancestor veneration or as a publicly directed dynastic display. It can also function as a reminder of the mortality of humankind, as an expression of cultural values and roles, and help to propitiate the spirits of the...
