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14th episode of the 4th season of The X-Files "Memento Mori" The X-Files episode Episode no. Season 4 Episode 14 Directed by Rob Bowman Written by Chris Carter Vince Gilligan John Shiban Frank Spotnitz Production code 4X15 Original air date February 9, 1997 (1997-02-09) Running time 44 minutes Guest appearances Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner William B. Davis as Cigarette Smoking Man Sheila ...
Death and the Miser belongs to the tradition of memento mori, a term that describes works of art that remind the viewer of the inevitability of death.The painting shows the influence of popular 15th-century handbooks (including text and woodcuts) on the "Art of Dying Well" (Ars moriendi), intended to help Christians choose Christ over earthly and sinful pleasures.
Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die") [2] is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. [2] The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity and Christianity , and appeared in funerary art and architecture from the medieval period onwards.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
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Vanitas by Antonio de Pereda. Vanitas (Latin for 'vanity', in this context meaning pointlessness, or futility, not to be confused with the other definition of vanity) is a genre of memento mori symbolizing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, and thus the vanity of ambition and all worldly desires.
17th episode of the 4th season of The X-Files "Tempus Fugit" The X-Files episode Episode no. Season 4 Episode 17 Directed by Rob Bowman Written by Chris Carter Frank Spotnitz Production code 4X17 Original air date March 16, 1997 (1997-03-16) Running time 44 minutes Guest appearances Joe Spano as Mike Millar Tom O'Brien as Sergeant Louis Frisch Scott Bellis as Max Fenig Chilton Crane as Sharon ...
13th episode of the 4th season of The X-Files "Never Again" The X-Files episode Ed Jerse's tattoo, Betty, possessing its own mind. Inspired by the tattoos of "Brooklyn Joe" Lieber, Betty was voiced by Jodie Foster. Episode no. Season 4 Episode 13 Directed by Rob Bowman Written by Glen Morgan James Wong Production code 4X13 Original air date February 2, 1997 (1997-02-02) Running time 44 minutes ...