memento mori
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Not even “Orange Grove Estates” as a memento mori.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024
The death trip is a memento mori, that old medieval art tradition, which reminds us that we all die.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023
Between this, “Titanic” turning 25 and wide-legged jeans coming back in style, culture is a memento mori minefield for children of the ’90s lately.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023
As with Dutch memento mori, this too is vanity: After he shot his pictures, the fish were thrown away and doused with bleach to deter scavengers.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2022
My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
