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Death in art confronts mortality, grief, sacrifice, and impermanence.

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Lamentation (Scrovegni Chapel)

Lamentation (Scrovegni Chapel)

Giotto

Last Judgment (Scrovegni Chapel)

Last Judgment (Scrovegni Chapel)

Giotto

Distribution of Alms and Death of Ananias

Distribution of Alms and Death of Ananias

Masaccio

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Masaccio

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

Fra Angelico

Deposition (Santa Trinita)

Deposition (Santa Trinita)

Fra Angelico

The Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross

Rogier van der Weyden

Last Judgment (Beaune Altarpiece)

Last Judgment (Beaune Altarpiece)

Rogier van der Weyden

Death and the Miser

Death and the Miser

Hieronymus Bosch

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Andrea Mantegna

Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels

Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels

Andrea Mantegna

The Last Judgment (Sistine Chapel)

The Last Judgment (Sistine Chapel)

Michelangelo

Flaying of Marsyas

Flaying of Marsyas

Titian

Medusa

Medusa

Caravaggio

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Caravaggio

The Entombment of Christ

The Entombment of Christ

Caravaggio

David with the Head of Goliath

David with the Head of Goliath

Caravaggio

Judith and Her Maidservant

Judith and Her Maidservant

Artemisia Gentileschi

Massacre of the Innocents

Massacre of the Innocents

Peter Paul Rubens

The Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross

Peter Paul Rubens

Judith Slaying Holofernes

Judith Slaying Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi

The Fall of the Damned

The Fall of the Damned

Peter Paul Rubens

The Death of Germanicus

The Death of Germanicus

Nicolas Poussin

The Blinding of Samson

The Blinding of Samson

Rembrandt