Tag: Religion

• Sex & Death: Santa Muerte’s Strong LGBT Following

  Enduring discrimination and even persecution at times makes the fierce, female skeleton saint especially attractive to those who’ve been ostracized, taunted or even subjected to physical violence because of their alternative sexual orientation. World leading expert on Santa Muerte, Andrew Chesnut has observed this special attraction from the outset of his research eight years ago. Introducing us…

  Death and the Maiden

  15/02/2017

  Guest Post

  America, Bony Lady, Catholic, Deadmaidens, Death, Devoted to Death, Devotee, Discrimination, Empowerment, Homosexuality, Judgement, LGBT, Mexico, Religion, Saint Death, Santa Muerte, Sexuality, Society, transgender

• Rizpah, Guardian of the Dead

  Host and creator of Kaddish the Podcast, Ariana Katz tells us the story of Rizpah. Appearing in 2 Samuel, first as a sexual commodity and later, as a fierce advocate for the dignity of her sons. Rizpah is the foremother of shmirah, the Jewish custom of guarding the dead between time of death and time of…

  Death and the Maiden

  12/12/2016

  Guest Post

  Burial, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death Rituals, Jewish Culture, Religion, Rizpah, shmirah, social justice, transgender, Women

• Protest, politics & power: the tales of martyrs Anne Askew & Margaret Pole

  Nikki Shaill, Director of Art Macabre Death Drawing salons and Drawn at the Tower, discusses the lives and deaths of two female martyrs from English history. On Wednesday evening, an event will take place inviting guests to draw these figures on the site where they were both executed and buried at Tower of London’s Chapel…

  Death and the Maiden

  14/11/2016

  Guest Post

  Anne Asknew, Art, Art Macabre, Death, Death Drawing, Drawn at the Tower, Execution, Faith, History, Lozzy Bones Art, Margaret Pole, Martyrs, Religion, The Tower of London

• The Punished Suicide

  Ivan Cenzi brings a strange story of suicide to Death and the Maiden this week. One beginning with sorrow and ending in spectacle. It’s 1863 and on hearing of a young girl’s suicide, anatomist Lodovico Brunetti requests her body be brought to him for experiments. What evolves from his casting and preservation work is unexpected.…

  Death and the Maiden

  24/10/2016

  Guest Post

  Anatomy, Art, Bizzarro Bazar, Creation, Death, Exhibitions, History, Human Life, Human Remains, Italy, Ivan Cenzi, Medical, Morgangni Museum of Anatomical Pathology, Museum, Padova, Paris, Photography, Preservation, Religion, Suicide, Taboo, The Punished Suicide, Wax

• Of Divine Beauty & Hidden Grief

  Nicholas Johnson is the artist behind Divine Excess, an online shop that sells bespoke pieces inspired by Mexican folk art and iconography. Here we find out more about the influences that inspire these intricate creations. From the saintly to the cult of Santa Muerte, Nick also shares some examples of his work whereby femininity is…

  Death and the Maiden

  01/08/2016

  Guest Post

  Art, Artist, Beauty, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, Death Rituals, Divine Excess, Experiences, Grief, History, Holy Death, Iconography, Inspiration, Love, Memento Mori, Mexico, Religion, Ritual, Saint Death, Santa Muerte

• The Little Book of Burial

  

  Krista Amira Calvo takes us on a journey across the globe with The Little Book of Burial. A playful hands on experience that sheds light on different cultures and their burial practices. Exploring the evolution of burial and some rituals that are no longer practiced but still very iconic and recognisable to us. This delightful…

  Death and the Maiden

  06/06/2016

  Krista Amira Calvo

  anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Burial, Cemetery, Culture, Death, Death Customs, Discussing Death, Dying, Egypt, Funeral, Hindu, History, Krista Amira Calvo, Little Book of Burial, Mourning, Mummification, Native American, Practice, Religion, Ritual, Sky Burial, World History

• Rachel The Film

  Karen Anstee is weeks away from the filming of Rachel. A short film about the complex relationships between love, death, family and religion. As writer and director, Karen shares insight into what inspired the project as well as some of the beautiful locations the production team will be shooting at. Ultimately, Rachel is an exploration of the…

  Death and the Maiden

  30/05/2016

  Guest Post

  Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, Death Rituals, Experiences, Film, Grief, Jewish, Jewish Culture, Life, Loss, Love, Rachel The Film, Religion, Script Writing, Story, Tradition, Tragedy

• Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs

  Historian, Verity Holloway’s first novella Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs is about magic, makeup, crypts, and clownfish. But mostly, it’s about our obsession with keeping the dead around. Here Verity shares how this book began as a few notes and takes us back to her first encounter with the incorrupt body of Saint Spyridon in Corfu.…

  Death and the Maiden

  23/11/2015

  Book Club, Guest Post

  Art, Beauty, Corfu, Deadmaidens, Death, Experiences, Greek Orthodox, History, Martyrs, Religion, Saint Spyridon, Saints, Shrine, Writer

• Death, Sex, Religion and the Erotic Women

  

  Dr Christina Welch explains that Europe has had a long history with Sex and Death, one intimately tied to religion. This post explores a genre of art produced during this time period that melds these themes. It examines ‘Death and the Maiden’ artworks by Germanic proto-and early-Reformist artists who highlighted the folly, futility and transience of…

  Death and the Maiden

  23/02/2015

  Guest Post

  Art, Beauty, Deadmaidens, Death, Death and the Maiden, Dying, Erotic, History, Memento Mori, Mortality, Religion, Sex, Society, Symbolism, Vanity, Women