12:07am
6th July 2011
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Memento mori is a Latin phrase translated as “Remember your mortality”, “Remember you must die” or “Remember you will die” It names a genre of artistic work which varies widely, but which all share the same purpose: to remind people of their own mortality. The phrase has a tradition in art that dates back to antiquity.
Painting: Philippe de Champaigne’s Vanitas (c. 1671) is reduced to three essentials: Life, Death, and Time
I adored studying this at college. Was my favorite project.
(via alwaysthehardway)
