Medievalists.net » Memento mori http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Turning Toward Death: The Medievals’ Terrestrial Treatment of Death in Art During the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/turning-toward-death-medievals-terrestrial-treatment-death-art-fourteenth-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/turning-toward-death-medievals-terrestrial-treatment-death-art-fourteenth-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:33:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52432 Throughout the Middle Ages, religious iconography was a main theme of art and the Church heavily patronized works that embodied virtuous ideals. Art was often used as a religious implement in which the Church instructed the illiterate masses. However, art can also represent pain and trauma acting as an outlet for the artist.

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