Thinks I find along the way
After the assassination, the grief-stricken artist painted the president’s image obsessively; finally saying she caught only “a glimpse” of him: Why Elaine de Kooning’s Portrait of JFK Broke All the Rules
Memento Mori is a Latin term that translates to “remember that you will die,” and has been illustrated in numerous works of art. While the expression may sound somber, the point of Memento Mori is to serve as a reminder of our mortality so as to make best use of the time we have now. As the tradition of remembering death carries on, we’ve compiled some of the greatest pieces of art depicting Memento Mori throughout history. Source: History of Memento Mori Art
I visited the Raclin Murphy Museum at the University of Notre Dame yesterday and had the opportunity to learn from an intern about observing art. “Death Comes to the Banquet Table” was one of the two artworks we observed and discussed.
Llyleila Richardson writes “While their story-telling symbolism is as old as Christianity itself, “memento mori” paintings saw a particular popularity in seventeenth-century Europe. It was a time of tumultuous politics and religious instability even as wealth flooded in from overseas. The Baroque art that bloomed during this period reflects the contrast between these two realities, as tensely captured here by Florentine painter Giovanni Martinelli in NOMA’s Death Comes to the Banquet Table.
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