November | 2019 | Maria Dowsett

Maria Dowsett

Fashion Communication at the University of Brighton

Skull and Still Life Test Shoot

Firstly Damien Hirst I was looking at Damien Hirst’s work on memento mori as it’s not photography or fine art based but still encapsulates the theme in its own way. Like everything Hirst does, the piece doesn’t shy away from what it is. It revels in it. It is meant to be expensive and it…

Looking at Vanitas

A still life artwork which includes various symbolic objects designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the worthlessness of worldly goods and pleasures. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.’ Vanitas…

‘Danse Macabre’ Test Shoot

The Danse Macabre, also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death: no matter one’s station in life, the Dance Macabre unites all. In the Danse Macabre, skeletons escort living humans to their graves in a lively waltz. Kings, knights, and commoners…

Looking at Memento Mori

Memento mori, Latin for “Remember that you must die,” is a genre that draws upon the melancholic character of the biblical book of Ecclesiastes. Eat, drink, and be merry if you must, the objects suggest, because death is right around the corner. The point of this reminder isn’t to be morbid or promote fear, but…

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