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The Chandelier

2016-11 / Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

The bone chandelier is the most infamous part of the Sedlec Ossuary in Kutná Hora. I think the objections stem from the act of using broken down human bodies to create what is really just bourgeois decór. I'm both surprised and delighted by this place and this decor. It is still difficult to comprehend that those are actual human beings strung across the ceiling