Всегда помни о смерти- "Memento Mori".: marinni

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Всегда помни о смерти- "Memento Mori".

Nov 18, 2013 15:05

Половинки "Memento Mori".16-19 век.

Двойные изображения "Memento Mori" статуэтки и украшения известны с начала 15-го века, как символ бренности земной жизни.

Половина лица или фигуры была в виде черепа (скелета), иногда из черепа вылезали черви или змея.
Часто это были подвески или розарии (тип четок), кольца и браслеты- чтобы люди всегда имели при себе напоминание о том, что жизнь может прерваться в любой миг.

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veracruz, testa con vita e morte, 300-600 dc

Unknown Artist (German ?), Memento Mori Ivory Janus Head, ca. 1600, Ivory, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine

Memento mori, 16th century. Ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Surely intended for the use of a monk, this pendant represents a head divided to depict a monk on one half, and a skull on the other, making explicit the user's own mortality and the certainty of death. Such imagery was popular throughout much of the 16th and 17th centuries, making dating difficult.
Date between 1575 and 1675
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Grain terminal de Chapelet en ivoire. XVIIIème siècle

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Memento-mori-pendant

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Death: Memento Mori bead poss. from a rosary, ivory, c.1500 France or Flanders

Memento Mori bead poss. from a rosary, ivory, c.1500 France or Flanders

MEMENTO-MORI en ivoire sculpté sur deux faces,l'inscription : VIVE.MEMOR.LETI (se souvenant plus vivement de la mort) ;
FRANCE, premier tiers du XVIème siècle.
Haut.: 6,5 cm
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Grain terminal de Chapelet en ivoire sculpté. Espagne, XVIIème siècle

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Memento Mori Ivoire XVIIIe siècle

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Memento mori rosary bead, made in France or the Netherlands, c.1525-50

Memento mori rosary bead, made in France or the Netherlands, c.1525-50
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Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death's Head
ca. 1500-1525

Made in North France or South Netherlands

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Rosary, ca. 1500-1525
German
Ivory, silver, partially gilded mounts

На звеньях розария портреты людей, с обратной стороны- скелеты:

Each bead of the rosary represents the bust of a well-fed burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. Such images served as reminders that life is fleeting and that leading a virtuous life as a faithful Christian is key to salvation.
Весь здесь:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/464300?img=3
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/464300?img=0

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General Wallenstein from Bohemia, the modern ay Czech Republic, is surrounded by objects illustrating the transience of life. These include sand timers, skulls and books. Half of his face has been stripped away to reveal the skull. The stand is studded with a semi-precious jewel reputedly taken from his tomb. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (1583-1634) was a general of the armies of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648).

Ivory bust of General Wallenstein, Europe, after 1634
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Carved from wood, this statue shows a woman with half of her head intact and the other half with a bare skull. This type of figure is known as a memento mori - literally a reminder of death, used to prompt people about the shortness of life and the inevitability of death. A skull was used to represent death from the 1500s onwards, replacing the older image of a skeleton leading a living person to their fate.

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