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bloodygranuaile A few weeks ago my mom and I did a Weekend of Art out in the Berkshires, where we went to the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Clark Art Institute, and Mass MoCA. I tried not to go too bananas at any of the museum gift shops (I have a severe weakness for museum gift shops, so this was hard for me), but I simply couldn't resist when I found Skull Sourcebook: Over 500 Skulls in Art & Culture at Mass MoCA.
Skull Sourcebook is literally just a big ol' coffee table book full of art with skulls in, which basically makes it the best art book ever, as far as I'm concerned. It is organized into sections like "Skulls in Music" and "Skull Tattoos," and there's also a "Skulls in Art" section for skull art that doesn't fit into any of the more specific categories. The "Skulls in Music" section kicks off with a multi-page Grateful Dead spread, which I appreciated. There's a bit of introductory text at the beginning of each section, about a page or two of it, and this is where my only real issue with the book comes in: This book badly needed an additional round of proofreading. I am incapable of not noticing these things.
Skull Sourcebook is literally just a big ol' coffee table book full of art with skulls in, which basically makes it the best art book ever, as far as I'm concerned. It is organized into sections like "Skulls in Music" and "Skull Tattoos," and there's also a "Skulls in Art" section for skull art that doesn't fit into any of the more specific categories. The "Skulls in Music" section kicks off with a multi-page Grateful Dead spread, which I appreciated. There's a bit of introductory text at the beginning of each section, about a page or two of it, and this is where my only real issue with the book comes in: This book badly needed an additional round of proofreading. I am incapable of not noticing these things.
All the same, it was excellent bedtime reading—pretty, mildly informative, lacking any sort of plot or story to get all caught up in until next thing you know it's 2 a.m. and you have to get up in four hours, far less upsetting than politics. I'm glad I bought it, and I'm looking forward to keeping it around the house for years so I can periodically look at random skull art.