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Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art
Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art
From plague warnings to deathbed scenes—how European artists confronted mortality, suffering, and the fragility of human life
60 minutes
12 stops
A 12-stop journey through medieval and European galleries, beginning with mourning figures from a 15th-century tomb, moving through Renaissance devotional paintings, and concluding with 19th-century meditations on death and loss. The tour traces how artists used sculpture, painting, and symbolic imagery to process grief, commemorate the dead, and remind viewers of life's transience.
Galleries: 305 → 548 → 550 → 800 → 810 → 827 → 537