I was there, amazing place %) http://www.kostnice.cz gallery---> http://arifleslife.photosite.com/sedlecossuary
Nice! Something similar in Milan too, decorations done with bones: http://www.emmedici.com/milano/ottobre.htm http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Bernardino_alle_Ossa Although the Sedlec one is more art-oriented
If paint was all around, buckets full on every corner, everything would be rainbow colored. That is nice! If dead were all around., bodies on every corner, structures everywhere would have bones. That isn't nice I thought an ossuary was a box containing bones..... Oh. Art can reflect a view, or an outlook. Sometimes art can reflect a view or outlook held by an entire people. Doesn't look like things were so nice back then.
We have many ossuaries in the Czech Republic, in Brno is probably 2nd biggest in Europe (1st in Paris) and almost every bigger city has its ossuary in our country It's only our speciality?
My favourite is this one, it reminds me not to loose the hope of being usefull for decoration sooner or later...