Cranial Visions: Exploring the Skull Through Artistic Interpretation, by Mike DeVries

Cranial Visions: Exploring the Skull Through Artistic Interpretation, by Mike DeVries. 2010 hardcover. 240 pages, brand new, still sealed.

Cranial Visions is a coffee table book published by Memento Publishing that is 8 inches wide by 12 inches tall, all 240 pages are printed in full color, featuring 258 artists with over 800 photos!!! The fascinating and grim history of the skull has been a forceful subject matter throughout the ages. Maintaining prominence in the scientific and medical fields, it is also commonly interpreted through artistic endeavors, tracing back as far as creative collections have been recorded. This book features an immense volume of work which highlights the skull in all sorts of mediums, bringing together artists and works from all walks of life. Readers are invited to explore the fascinating and macabre world of the cranium-centered theme. A spellbinding journey told through chromatically brilliant photos and words; this book is sure to awaken the mind and senses.