Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us by Paul Koudounaris Thames and Hudson 2015, 208 pages, 9 x 13.3 x 1 inches (hardcover) ...

Central to the composition is a skull, a universal symbol of mortality ... noting that depictions of dead animals in art are often killed at the hand of humans. Following this, two additional ...

The album cover pictures Zauner lying face down on top of a feast of fruit, meat, bread, and wine beside a skull, like a 17th-century Dutch vanitas still life. These overindulgent tableaus heavily ...