Death as a Theme in Art


Title page from "Dance of Death," Middle Ages
Aztec Death Mask
Mosaic, Ancient Rome


"The Death of Marat" Jacques Louis David


Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh, India. Memorial and tomb to Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jehan (she died in 1630).
Thomas Nast, 1871
Death Poem of Akashi Gidayu (1582). He is preparing to commit suicide.



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