Cover.tex

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  coverwidth = 210mm,   % A4
  coverheight = 297mm,  % A4
  spinewidth = 13mm, 
  bleedwidth = 2mm, 
  markcolor = black]{bookcover}
  
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[some]{background}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{nopageno}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\usepackage{t1enc}

\newbookcovercomponenttype{center rotate}{
	\parbox[t][\partheight][c]{\partwidth}{
	\centering
	\rotatebox[origin=c]{270}{#1}
	}
}

\begin{document}
\begin{bookcover}

% Background picture
\bookcovercomponent{picture}{bg whole without flaps}{./figures/cover/Pieter_Bruegel_The_Triumph_of_Death_c1566}

% Remark
\bookcovercomponent{center}{above front}{
    \color{red} \textsc{thesis cover -- front/outside}
}


% rectangle on the front cover by tikz code
\bookcovercomponent{tikz}{bg front}{
  \fill[color = black, opacity = 0.6](20.5, 29.0) rectangle (0.8, 19);
}
    
% university signs
\bookcovercomponent{normal}{front}{
	\centering
	\vspace{20mm}
	\begin{minipage}{0.6\linewidth}
		\textcolor{white}{\Large Faculty of Health Sciences\\
			University of Southern Denmark}
		\vspace*{14mm}
	\end{minipage}
	\begin{minipage}{0.3\linewidth}
		\hfill 
		\includegraphics[width=0.55\textwidth]{./figures/cover/SDU_Logo_white}
		\vspace*{14mm}
	\end{minipage}
}

% Title	
\bookcovercomponent{normal}{front}{
  \centering
  \vspace{50mm}
  \bfseries\huge\textcolor{white}{Modelling and forecasting mortality}\\[5mm]
}

% Author
\bookcovercomponent{normal}{front}{
	\centering
	\vspace{80mm}
	{\Large\textcolor{white}{Ph.D. Thesis}}\\[5mm]
	{\LARGE\textcolor{white}{Marius D. Pascariu}}\\
	\vfill
	{\LARGE\textcolor{white}{\textbf{October 2018}}}\\
  \vspace{6mm}
}
		
% The Spine
\bookcovercomponent{color}{bg spine}{color = black, opacity = 0.7}		
\bookcovercomponent{center rotate}{spine}{
  \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{./figures/cover/SDU_Logo_white} 
  \hspace{5mm}
  \textcolor{white}{\large\textbf{MARIUS D. PASCARIU}}
  \hspace{30mm}
  \textcolor{white}{\large\textbf{PH.D. Thesis -- MODELLING AND FORECASTING MORTALITY}}
}

% Remark
\bookcovercomponent{center}{above back}{
    \color{red} \textsc{thesis cover -- back/outside}
}

\end{bookcover}


% -----------------------------------------------
% The inside of the book cover 
\begin{bookcover}

% Remark
\bookcovercomponent{center}{above front}{
  \color{red}\textsc{thesis cover -- front/inside}
}


% Text on the front cover (it is back of the inside book cover!)
\bookcovercomponent{normal}{front}{
  \vspace{180mm}
  % \raggedleft{}
  \centering
  {{\bfseries The Triumph of Death} \\[2mm]
  Bruegel "the Elder" Pieter. 1562 -- 1563. Oil on panel. \\[2mm]
  Museo del Prado. Madrid. Spain.\\[6mm]
  
  \bigskip
  \parbox{150mm}{
  \emph{The painting on the cover depicts a customary theme in medieval literature: the dance of Death. All of the social institutions are included in this composition and neither power nor devotion can save them. It is just a matter of time. Some attempt to struggle against their inevitable destiny while others are resigned to their fate. Only a pair of lovers, at the lower right, seem to remain unmoved by the current course of events. One might wonder: "for how long?"}}}
}

% Remark
\bookcovercomponent{center}{above back}{
  \color{red}\textsc{thesis cover -- back/inside}
}

% Text on the front cover (it is back of the inside book cover!)
\bookcovercomponent{normal}{back}{
  % \raggedleft{}
  \centering
  \vfill
  \parbox{125mm}{Printed by: Print \& Sign, SDU\\ Odense, Denmark}
  \vspace{10mm}
}
\end{bookcover}

\end{document}