Remember That You Will Die is complemented by one contemporary work, a video by the American artist Bill Viola entitled The Three Women, which is being exhibited in New York for the first time. Science Museum, London The big, cosmic picture is represented in. These provocative works of art are meant to startle viewers out of apathy, urge them to contemplate their mortality, and inspire them to use their short time on earth to secure a desirable place in the afterlife. Remember That You Will Die, at the Rubin Museum of Art, includes this ivory head of General Wallenstein, made between 17. Remember That You Will Die: Death Across Cultures presents eerily beautiful, and at times frightening, images from both traditions in the form of paintings, sculptures, quotidian objects, and ritual items made from human remains. They wanted us to constantly think about our final sentence in our death. The Stoics (among other philosophers) tried to make this thought always present in our minds. Death knows no social barriers-rich or poor, powerful or meek-and all must inevitably face judgment for their deeds on earth. Memento Mori is a Latin expression that translates as Remember that you will die and is one of the main concepts of Stoicism. In both the Christian European and Tibetan Buddhist artistic traditions, graphic images of death and the afterlife are used as reminders that life is fleeting and that we must act virtuously. Meet the Nun Who Wants You to Remember You Will Die Suffering and death are facts of life: Everyone dies, their bodies rot, and every face becomes a skull.
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