arthistorybabes:arthistorybabes:1. Rachel Ruysch, Summer Flowers in a Vase, 16642. Ars Moriendi
arthistorybabes: arthistorybabes: 1. Rachel Ruysch, Summer Flowers in a Vase, 16642. Ars Moriendi (page detail), France, 15th century manuscript (The Art of Dying), consisting of a pair of Latin texts offering advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, with an explanation on how to “die well” according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages3. French - 16th/17th century ivory pendant, Monk and Death, recalling mortality and the certainty of death4. Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 15335. Hieronymus Bosch, Death and the Miser (detail), c.1485-14906. Jose Guadalupe Posada, La Calavera Catrina, 19107. Jose Guadalupe Posada, El Purgatorio artistico, 18908. Damien Hirst, Left: For the Love of God, 2007. Right: For Heaven’s Sake, 20089. Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991 Listen to Full Episode Here Subscribe on iTunes Episode 18: Memento Mori listen ^^^^ -- source link