Momento Mori

Monemento Mori is a term that prepares you for after life its lain for ''remember you must die'' which goes with the saying that we are born then live to die As noone can out live death. Monemento Mori was very religious during the 17th century It was almost worshiped as people worship God with forms of art so was Monemento Mori. I do feel that it was so popular as death was part of culture then so anything that celebrated that was taken very seriously. As I've mentioned in a previous post about death traditions such as lockets and photographs and as we know photographs are an art form Monemento Mori was another term to celebrate the persons life and that they've reached death It almost reminds me of day of the dead where they celebrate the dead every year praise and give thanks to them. Even Picasso dedicated work to it the top image is Pablo Picasso's work 'still life with skull' painted in 1945 showing that even the mos famous artists incorpet death into there art which I can understand by doing art and design I feel that romance and death go together with art and they both link together as you get the same feeling from both love and fear.