Tag: art

treasures-and-beauty:

pepperloves1:

Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death’s Head

Accession Number:17.190.305

A string of beads is used as a memory aid in the recitation of the rosary, a multipart devotion to the Virgin. Here, the striking terminal bead announces the constant proximity of death by joining a skull to the pair of vivacious lovers. Such an image is known as a memento mori (reminder of death), as it encourages one to reflect on the transience of life.

source: The Met

1500-1525, North France or South Netherlands

liverodland:

Mind maps: These are the only two remaining photos of the patient Marie Liebs work at the Heidelberg psychiatric hospital. They are taken around 1894 and the patterns on the floor are made from torn bedsheets. There is no written statement about these works, but appear to carefully display secret ritual and coded language.