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Ni conversus fueris et sicut puer factus Et vitam mutaveris in meliores actus, Intrare non poteris regnum Dei beatus.

Art historians indeed use memento mori as a technical term for artworks that contain reminders of mortality, including the classic skull but also , candles which burn out , and flowers which decay.

A Vanitas Still Life by Peeter Sion Vanitas Still Life by Jan Davidsz de Heem Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life by Harmen Steenwyck Allegory of Vanity by Antonio de Pereda MOURNING RINGS Plagues, wars, and massacres aside, people of the Regency and Victorian eras dealt too with some of the highest infant mortality rates in history.

The ceremonial procession could span the course of a day with the military leader riding in a chariot drawn by four horses.

Backstory Legend has it that Madame Leota, a medium, was the former resident of Memento Mori where she kept many of her dear trinkets.

In this genre, a grim reaper is often featured as a personification of death, and is depicted accompanying a large group of people, from all hosts of life, to their death.

Perhaps the most striking to contemporary minds is the transi or , a tomb that depicts the decayed of the deceased.

Architecture [ ] Unshrouded skeleton on 's tomb dated 1693 in , The most obvious places to look for memento mori meditations are in funeral art and.

In addition, there are also specific genres of art that are associated with the concept of memento mori.

Christian Dogmatics, Volume 2 Carl E.

The Stoic told his students that when kissing their child, brother, or friend, they should remind themselves that they are mortal, curbing their pleasure, as do "those who stand behind men in their triumphs and remind them that they are mortal".