Tag Archives: Death

206 BC: The Jade Suit of Liu Sheng

Posted on December 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

The jade burial suit of Liu Sheng, son of the emperor Jing Di who ruled over the principality of Zhongshan during the Han Dynasty (206 BC- 24 AD), was constructed in the belief that the stone’s magical connection to eternal life … Continue reading →

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1784: Cenotaph

Posted on November 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Etienne-Louis Boullée: Cénotaphe de Newton (1784); for his proposal for a cenotaph for Isaac Newton, Boullée envisioned a 500-foot tall sphere encircled by plateaus containing hundreds of cypress trees. (source)

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1902: Grief

Posted on October 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anna Archer: Grief (1902)

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2nd Century AD: I Was Trained to Run Boldly through Strange Forests

Posted on October 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

A 1st or 2nd century Roman epitaph for a pet dog named Margarita (“Pearl”), written from the point of view of the deceased: [G]ALLIA · ME · GENVIT · NOMEN · MIHI · DIVITIS · VNDAE CONCHA · DEDIT · … Continue reading →

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600 BC: Life / Death

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tlatilco Mask (1100-600 BC); the Tlatilco culture flourished in the Valley of Mexico between 1250 and 800 BC.

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1822: Murmurs of the Air

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Despite the fact that Percy Bysshe Shelley had been expelled from Oxford University in 1811 for publishing an anonymous pamphlet called The Necessity of Atheism, this elaborate memorial was erected to the poet there in 1893. Shelly had drowned off … Continue reading →

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331 BC: Jars

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Limestone Canopic Jars (Ptolemaic Period, 332 – 31 BC). After mummification, the viscera of the individual were stored in jars for the afterlife: Duamatef—the jackal: the stomach. Hapy—the baboon: the lungs. Imsety—the human: the liver. Qebehsenuf—the falcon: the intestines. Click … Continue reading →

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2015: When My Father Died

Posted on August 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Susanna Hesselberg: When My Father Died It Was Like a Whole Library Had Burned Down (2015) (source)

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1805: Cenotaph

Posted on August 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Antonio Canova: Cenotaph for Marie Christine of Austria [detail] (1805)

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1892: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sir Frederic Lord Leighton: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It (1892)

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