LC control no. | sh2004009686 |
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Topical heading | Memento mori |
See also | Death in art Death--Symbolic aspects |
Found in | Work cat.: The Kenneth Jay Lane Collection ... including the well-known collection of ... memento mori, 1977. OED (Memento mori, a reminder of death such as a skull or other symbolical object) Grove dict. of art, 1996 (Memento mori: any "vanitas" symbol, such as a skull, candle, or hourglass, or even an insect, employed to remind the viewer of the transitoriness of human existence) Am. heritage dict. (memento mori, n. pl. memento mori) |
Not found in | AAT |