Memento Mori

Coffin-form boxes were used within lodge ceremonies as memento mori objects-physical reminders of mortality, brotherhood, and the transient nature of life.

Along the edge, the Latin inscription “Transit Hora Sine Mora”—translated as “Time passes without delay”—reinforces the memento mori theme often found in early timekeeping objects.

Both theatrical and unsettling, it reflects the period’s fascination with memento mori imagery and satirical critique. The sheet shows age toning and scattered foxing, with colors r...

Drawing from 19th century love tokens and memento mori traditions, the puffy heart form represents the endurance of emotional connections, while the black diamonds symbolize strength...

A devotional shrine, a Memento Mori, crafted from fruitwood with two juxtaposed panels hinged at the base, and crowned with a metal flame.

Details – Material: 14k gold-plated sterling silver – Gemstones: Natural white diamonds in star settings – Finish: Hand-applied light blue enamel on spherical orb – Band: Twisted scu...

Drawing from 19th-century Victorian style and the Memento Mori tradition, the design utilizes black enamel to represent reflection and the integration of impermanence.

Skull and skeleton jewelry originated in the Victorian era, where such pieces symbolized the fleeting nature of life, often referred to as memento mori. These symbols served as remin...

This archival relic is constructed from solid copper, featuring a high-relief "Memento Mori" motif that integrates skeletal forms into a functional decorative structure.

Skulls, traditional symbols of the memento mori in Western art history, fascinated Picasso throughout his life. ...

Note the quality with which the still life on the table was created, with coins, glasses and other everyday objects together with a skull, a typical memento mori for this type of com...

He is particularly remembered for a widely published drawing (un memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The design uses a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a...

As with the concept of memento mori, this black and white photographic portrait brings together life and death in close proximity.

Monarch Memento Mori UV print on aluminum, chain, jewelry, keychain, boondoggle, stickers, Croc Jibbitz, rabbits’ foot 12x36” 2019 $975 Eternal Flame is an exhibition inspired by #V...

In referring only to itself, it sheds its familiar narrative role and takes up that of a memento mori. Luke Butler’s work is a continuing investigation into the peculiar reality o...

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The carving is detailed and expressive, featuring deep, polished eye sockets and a defined jawline that captures classic Memento Mori symbolism. It strikes a perfect balance between ...

Skull and skeleton jewelry originated in the Victorian era, where such pieces symbolized the fleeting nature of life, often referred to as memento mori. These symbols served as remin...

In the lineage of J Dauphin’s Spiritual Armour, the skull and bone motifs serve as primary symbols of Memento Mori—a reflection on the transition of forms and the endurance of the es...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

When I first began creating the illustrations, I was drawn to the idea of a memento mori and began researching historical photography processes used to make an impression of a loved ...

This compelling 20th-century oil painting captures the haunting beauty of a classic memento mori subject. Rendered on canvas with confident, academic brushwork, the skull emerges fro...

The skull and crossbones is the oldest memento mori, worn since the seventeenth century not to summon death but to keep it in view, on the understanding that a person who remembers t...

The only means by which the artist conveys this memento mori is by using the skull as a symbol. To emphasize the symbolism of death, her drawings omit faded flowers, candles, or scie...

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

Drawing from Victorian style and the Memento Mori framework, the black enamel represents reflection and internal focus.

Beside him, a skull and open book rest upon a richly draped red tablecloth — symbolic memento mori elements representing mortality, meditation, and theological study.

This object, therefore, can be associated with the concept of the Memento Mori, a Latin phrase translated into art starting in the 17th century through iconography such as the skull,...

This one-of-a-kind work of art is perfect for collectors of Memento Mori, those with an appreciation for medical history, or designers looking to add an intellectual and slightly sub...

In one corner, a skull (memento mori, symbol of the transience of life) and symbols of the Passion are included, linking the saint’s repentance to Christ’s redemption.

Technically : The painting is a landscape memento mori (remember that you are going to die), frozen in the moment when the tranquility of nature and its potential for destruction mee...

Playing with light and shadow, each in her own way ennobles a seemingly banal material with a genuine concern for ethics. Like modern-day memento mori, Saliba’s works transport us in...

Playing with light and shadow, each in her own way ennobles a seemingly banal material with a genuine concern for ethics. Like modern-day memento mori, Saliba’s works transport us in...

Playing with light and shadow, each in her own way ennobles a seemingly banal material with a genuine concern for ethics. Like modern-day memento mori, Saliba’s works transport us in...

Playing with light and shadow, each in her own way ennobles a seemingly banal material with a genuine concern for ethics. Like modern-day memento mori, Saliba’s works transport us in...

Next to her are her typical iconographic attributes: a crucifix, a memento mori skull, an open book, and a jar of ointments.

This piece utilizes the Victorian Memento Mori aesthetic of black enamel to create a stark contrast that highlights the golden text and the red vitality of the ruby.

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...

My small area of intertidal marsh will not be spared and will bear impact of these changes. Regarding memento mori, Geoffrey Batchen noted,“…Such objects seek to remember a loved on...