PublishedGingko Press, November 2015 |
ISBN9781584236139 |
FormatHardcover, 216 pages |
Dimensions24.5cm × 24.5cm |
Simultaneously frightening and familiar, the image of the skull is the closest thing human civilization has ever seen to a universal aesthetic totem. Although the power of its iconic form originates from its association with death, it has come to represent so much more. Skullture takes a comprehensive approach while examining this phenomenon, taking into account both visual and conceptual considerations of the skull throughout history.