Many of the stories revolve around the Catholic understanding of death, or memento mori, understood as the reminder ... centuries as a uniquely Catholic art form aimed at celebrating the life ...

There’s a bit of misdirection going on with the Byzantine Crypt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Unlike the Temple of Dendur, which is a temple, the Crypt isn’t a crypt but a gallery ...

Vanitas: Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art, by John B. Ravenal, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts/University of Washington Press, 68 pp.; $18.95, paper Most historical narratives of ...

In Benedict’s Rule (which guides the Catholic monastic order of the Benedictines), he encourages monks to “keep death daily before your eyes.” The practice of memento mori serves as a ...

"Memento Mori" comes after a sizable show at Mills College Art Museum in 2011, followed by another ambitious exhibition at Gavin Brown's Enterprise last year. "I guess what started happening was I ...