Death Book III – Drawing One Last Breath
Lenny Bartulin
Baron Books
English
Hardcover
Third Edition
86 pages
220 x 311 mm
2022
ISBN 9781838424831
Before 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.
For the third edition of Death Book, you will find various signs and symbols related to death, such as skulls, violence, accidents, spirits, cadavers, sexual acts and references to religion and Christ. The works included remind us of our living status, in ways that are sometimes funny, arousing or Dead serious.
A true representation of death, and its associated pain is impossible, but the works included attempt to communicate the agony, the anguish, the grave sadness and, sometimes, the humour associated with death.
(Source: https://www.baronbooks.co.uk/product-page/pre-order-death-book-lll-one-last-breath)
About the Artist
Lenny Bartulin is the author of Death by the Book aka A Deadly Business (2008). His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including HEAT, Meanjin, and New Australian Stories. His latest novel is The Black Russian.
Lenny Bartulin was born in Hobart in 1969 and lives in Sydney.
(Source: https://australianauthors.com.au/authors/lenny-bartulin/)
About the Publisher
The publisher of Baron, Baroness and the Death Book. Plus stocking and publishing the worlds finest art, fashion and photography books about gender, love, sexuality and identity
https://www.baronbooks.co.uk/
(Source: https://www.baronbooks.co.uk/baron-productions)
