In the early 16th-century, there was an explosion of paintings that depicted skulls. Some art historians believe this was a response to the Renaissance portraits of the day that showed the wealthy ...

It’s impossible to comprehend the sheer numbers lost to COVID-19. Japanese painter Yuri Shimojo’s series “Memento Mori,” which meditates on losing individuals and multitudes, helps.

“Remember that you have to die,” is the rough translation from the Latin memento mori, the name given to a symbol of mortality used throughout art history. The genre is normally illustrated ...

While skulls and skeletons have assumed a scary, morbid and often occultish connection, the religious sister says that’s not the case if viewed with the right frame of mind. The book cover of ‘Memento ...

"Reminiscent Object: paintings by William Michael Harnett, John Frederick Peto and John Haberle [exhibition] La Jolla Museum of Art, July 11 through September 19, 1965; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, ...