tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582997874621015158.post1658104129359550588..comments2024-03-25T05:57:05.813-04:00Comments on Morbid Anatomy: The Art and History of the Death MaskJEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12838204584193436515noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582997874621015158.post-25349685050542619932009-07-17T23:46:05.601-04:002009-07-17T23:46:05.601-04:00If you haven't seen it already, definitely tak...If you haven't seen it already, definitely take a look at: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Au4SAAAAYAAJ" rel="nofollow">Portraits in Plaster: From the Collection of Laurence Hutton</a>. It is a treasure, available in its entirety via Google Books. Published in 1894, it documents Hutton's death mask collection. It includes plates of the masks themselves and detailed stories of their history and creation. He had masks of Keats, Cromwell, Napoleon, Lincoln, Washington, Shakespeare, Dante, Beethoven, and more... It is amazing. <br /><br />I found it in the bibliography of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Tom-Strange-Afterlife-Thomas/dp/1582345023" rel="nofollow">The Trouble with Tom: The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine</a> by Paul Collins, which is a somewhat morbid little treasure itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582997874621015158.post-85682881457324974572009-07-14T01:00:02.209-04:002009-07-14T01:00:02.209-04:00Interesting the expertise and artistry that is los...Interesting the expertise and artistry that is lost when society changes and a product is no longer needed. Thanks for glimpse into another lost art!Aimee Marieeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073777850258679666noreply@blogger.com