Cadaver Monuments | When Corpses Were Art (Memento Mori Part II)

A Cadaver Monument (or tomb) is a kind of monument in which a skeleton or corpse, even a severely decomposing body, is sculpted in effigy to serve as a reminder of death, the transience of life, and the vanity of the body. Such monuments form a subcategory of ‘memento mori’ art, which reminds us of our unavoidable fate.

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WORKS OF ART REFERENCED
Masaccio, “The Holy Trinity”
Monument of John FitzAlan, Arundel Castle, Sussex
Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon, church of Saint-Étienne at Bar-le-Duc

MUSIC
Bach, Mass in B minor - Et incarnatus est
Bach, Art of Fugue
Bach, Mass in B minor - Et exspecto resurrectionem