Publisher's Synopsis
Undying Faces: A Collection of Death Masks by Georg Kolbe is a book that showcases a unique collection of death masks. Death masks are casts made of a person's face after they have died, and they have been used for centuries to preserve the likeness of important figures in history. The author, Georg Kolbe, was a German sculptor who was fascinated by death masks and collected them throughout his life. In this book, he presents his collection of death masks, which includes famous figures such as Beethoven, Goethe, and Napoleon Bonaparte. The book provides a detailed description of each death mask, including the circumstances of the person's death and the process of creating the mask. The author also discusses the historical and cultural significance of death masks and their use in art and science. Undying Faces: A Collection of Death Masks is a fascinating and macabre exploration of a unique aspect of human history and culture.1929. This book is a translation from the German edition of Das Ewige Antlitz. Death masks command our utmost reverence, for the face is symbolic and perpetuates the final impression of a human spirit whom we once knew, or who had made his mark on all men's minds. This work endeavors to assemble and collate material from the widest possible field. As the reader glances through the illustrations, he will at once notice a limitation. There is no mask dating from antiquity and the question of the use of death masks in those ages is not dealt with. The material as such obliged the author to adopt this restriction in order to confine the subject within some bounds. Therefore it only embraces the Christian culture of the West and of that period, only from about 1400 up to the present day.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
