{"product_id":"death-paintings-and-portraits-9781849768658","title":"Death: Paintings and Portraits","description":"\u003cb\u003eArtist and writer Sean Burns explores the nature of Death and its tangled relationships with life and love as depicted in art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Death haunts art. It lurks in the shadows of Edward Collier's \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e as a reminder of our fragile mortality. It overcomes all in Francis Bacon's \u003ci\u003eTriptych\u003c\/i\u003e and Anna Lea Merritt's \u003ci\u003eLove Locked Out\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From personal responses to general meditations on the fleeting transience of life, Sean Burns looks at the breadth of historical and contemporary works in Britain's national collection to explore how artists have immortalized death in art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook Again\u003c\/i\u003e is a new series of short books from Tate Publishing, opening up the conversation about British art over the last 500 years, and exploring what art has to tell us about our lives today. Written by leading voices from the worlds of literature, art, and culture, each book sheds new light on some of the most well-known, best-loved, and thought-provoking artworks in the national collection, and asks us to look again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes Color Illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Burns \u003c\/b\u003eis an artist and writer. He is the director of Dorothy Towers, which premiered in 2022. He is also the co-founder and co-editor of QSP, an independent publishing imprint. He writes extensively on visual art and culture and is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London. He sits on an advisory council at Tate. He lives in London, where he is an assistant editor of \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tate Publishing(UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50868326891794,"sku":"9781849768658","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04ab7d2a-4b01-4996-b287-2f8a9e0df82f.jpg?v=1737728732","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-paintings-and-portraits-9781849768658","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}