Art and Death

Catalog description

While all people share the common experience of death, different cultures around the world think of death in unique and varied ways that have shaped their art and architecture. Societies and individuals express ideas about death using a wide range of objects, images, and structures to connote the shared human experiences of aging, dying, grieving, and commemorating. Through detailed study of works of art related to death, dying, and remembering, this course promotes a deeper understanding of how images and monuments function in both the past and the present.