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Victorian memento mori art. The macabre victorian art of death photography. Apr 25 2017 explore bitingpatches s board memento mori art on pinterest. One of the most unsettling yet strangely poignant traditions of the victorian era was the practice of post mortem photography. Death used to follow closely behind our heels in life. Jan 8 2018 explore sherry thurmon s board victorian momento mori followed by 234 people on pinterest. Known as post mortem photography victorians had pictures taken of the recently deceased sometimes staged to look as if they were still. This became a fashion in the tombs of the wealthy in the fifteenth century and surviving examples still offer a stark reminder of the vanity of earthly riches.

When photography was a new art form it was expensive and the process was laborious. Post mortem photos or memento mori latin for remember that you will die were often the only time a person was photographed. But in the mid 1800s photography was becoming increasingly popular and affordable leading to memento mori photographic portraiture. Memento mori is a latin term that translates to remember that you will die and has been illustrated in numerous works of art. The idea has been central to art philosophy literature architecture and more throughout history. 5 out of 5 stars 1 522 1 522 reviews 15 00. Memento mori or translated in english remember you must die the point of this reminder isn t to be morbid or promote fear but to inspire motivate and clarify.

The most obvious places to look for memento mori meditations are in funeral art and architecture perhaps the most striking to contemporary minds is the transi or cadaver tomb a tomb that depicts the decayed corpse of the deceased. This is hardly surprising. Favorite add to memento mori print. The sad hour 5x7 fine art print victorian mourning memento mori hourglass portrait dark art illustration caitlinmccarthyart. From the bubonic plague to the spanish flu all it took was one particularly violent strain of disease to decimate the human population. 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. The truth behind victorian death photography dancy mason.

Check out these 18 examples of memorial photos from the victorian age. We had very little defenses.