Memento Mori

after her grandmother passed in 2008. Then she starts thinking about her own passing and there is an emotion there that she cannot label but it follows her to this day, popping up at strange times. Carrie constantly comes back to the Latin phrase memento mori, which means remember (that you have) to die. There was never a certain English word for this saying though, until an artist and writer John Koenig created one. He states ‘for years I would get these sudden, stabbing chills when falling asleep

For the 10 years that the Labour government has been in power, it has strived to reduce crime all over the UK. One of the main targets of the Labour Party was the rising number of Anti -Social incidents reported to the police every day. In order to combat this growing phenomenon that is today's 'Youth Culture', the ASBO was created. The ASBO - or Anti Social Behaviour Order, to quote its official name - is a civil order made against a person who has been shown to have participated or initiated in

Going Beyond Revenge in Hamlet        The simplest and superficially the most appealing way to understand Shakespeare’s Hamlet is to see it as a revenge tragedy. This genre was well established and quite popular in Shakespeare’s time, but it was precisely part of his genius that he could take old forms and renew them by a creative violation of their standards. As this essay will explore, Hamlet stands the conventional revenge tragedy on its head, and uses the tensions created by this reversal

Looking back on my past work, a few subjects are very prominent to me now such as: the self-portrait, the autobiographical in art, performance and the body. My work is autobiographical in the sense that it’s been inspired by my experiences and influenced by my environment and social surroundings. The self-portrait is a re-occurring theme and there are works that I’ve made where I was literally in the work, acting as the performer or artist. These are themes I spent a great deal of time researching

ground and traces the inscription on the gravestone: “ET IN ARCADIA EGO”, which can be translated either as “And I (death) too (am) in Arcadia” or as “I ( the person in the tomb) also used to live in Arcadia”. This inscription makes the painting a memento mori, or reminder of death. The shepherds come to realize that even in a paradise like Arcadia there is death, and life is not everlasting. The woman in the painting is often believed to be an allegorical figure representing the art of painting, challenging

Looking back on my past work a few prominent subjects are very apparent to me now, such as; the self-portrait, the autobiographical in art, performance and the body. My work’s autobiographical in the sense that it’s been inspired by my experiences and influenced by my environment and social surroundings. The self-portrait is a re-occurring theme in and there are works that I’ve made where I was literally in the work, acting as the performer or artist. These are themes I spent a great deal of time

This essay will address the theme of death in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 (1609) and George Herbert’s poem Virtue (1633). Both Shakespeare and Herbert explore notions of death in their poems, in terms of the tension between the psychical and the spiritual in a religious context. However, where they differ is that Shakespeare places emphasis on the importance of the corporeal, and of what is left behind on earth after death. In contrast, Herbert focuses on the impermanence of the physical, instead advocating

“ ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ is a vanits tale, a memento mori. More specifically, it is about the failure of art to stave off death” (Dudley). Dudley’s use of the word ‘art’ somewhat changes the meaning of the quote, but the overall idea behind remains the same; it is impossible to escape death. Despite

The ring itself measures to be 19.4mm in inner hoop diameter, 29mm in outer hoop diameter and weighs 11.29g. It consists of both rectilinear and organic designs when taking the ring as a circle, and the designed frame as a rectangle into consideration. The Ring is completely symmetrical, showcasing expert craftsmanship in the arrangement of the balanced pearls all around the ring and symmetric angles of the box proportions. Even the small figure in the ring is symmetrical, possessing realistic qualities

As we near the end of the semester, it is important to reflect back on what was discussed and learned. We have viewed many pieces of work over the last few months including relatively old pieces as well as modern ones. With everything in life, one will develop their personal opinion on the matter. With that being said, I have chosen two pieces of work to contemplate: one being positive and one being negative. There were many pieces throughout the semester that I could develop a positive or even