The memento mori tradition didn’t originate with the ... Whether melancholy or cheerful, grim or jolly, such art taught a crucial lesson — maybe the most crucial one: that death is inevitable ...

Vanitas: Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art, by John B. Ravenal, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts/University of Washington Press, 68 pp.; $18.95, paper Most historical narratives of ...

Wall text at this point addresses the connection between animals and death, noting that depictions of dead animals in art are often killed at the hand of humans. Following this, two additional ...

Memento mori is Latin for “remember that you will die.” This practice of contemplating our mortality was emphasized by Stoic ...

These overindulgent tableaus heavily featured the lauded memento mori tradition, referencing mortality with objects ... produce a wave of melancholic emotions. Zauner’s album art reminds me of Ottessa ...

As Memento Mori approaches its 10th anniversary in November ... The self-taught taxidermists also plan to start hosting classes to teach the art form. The pair also recalled perhaps their most ...

Memento mori, a Latin phrase meaning "remember you must die," encourages us to live life to the fullest. The phrase originates from ancient Rome, where a servant would remind victorious generals ...

7, marking the release of Joanna Ebenstein’s deeply personal new book, “Memento Mori: Contemplating Death ... prominent figures in the fields of art and death studies, including Morbid Anatomy ...