Introduction

“What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be.”

(Capuchin Crypt, Rome, Italy)

Death comes for us all, making it a universally relevant topic. What better way to make learning about history, art, and architecture interesting than looking at objects that revolve around the universal reality of death? The creators of this blog, Emma L., Emily W., and Amanda H., traveled to different locations in Italy and Europe to observe places of death/burial and representations of death in works of art and architecture. 

The representations of death in art and architecture that we saw on our travels will be explored in this blog, and we will delve into the deeper significance behind these depictions.