Memento mori

Memento Mori: Remember That You Must Die!

Posted by Emma Acker on October 31, 2011

In honor of Halloween and Día de los Muertos, we've dug up some of our most ghoulish art! The theme of memento mori presents a visual reminder of the ephemerality of human existence and is an artistic tradition that dates back to antiquity.

Jean Morin (French, 1612–1650). After Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602–1674). Memento Mori, ca. 1650. Etching and engraving. Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund. 1994.13

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