Death in art
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Death in art[1] has been a popular arts theme throughout the ages.
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Famous examples
- Death of Cleopatra
- Death of Jesus
- Danse macabre
- Death and the Maiden
- Andy Warhol's The Death and Disaster paintings
- The Death of Marat painting
- Post-mortem photography
- Vanitas
- Dying Gaul, sculpture
- The Death of Cleopatra (1658) by Guido Cagnacci
- The Death of St Agnes (1637) by Francesco Cairo
- The death mask, L'Inconnue de la Seine
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See also
- Art horror
- Art theme
- Crucifixion in the arts
- Death
- Death in culture
- Death in literature
- Death scene
- Deathbed
- Doom paintings
- Funerary art
- Skull symbolism
- Symbols of death
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