Surrealism and Visionary art Laurie KaplowitzLaurie Kaplowitz is...

Surrealism and Visionary art Laurie Kaplowitz

Laurie Kaplowitz is an American painter who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University and her Master of Fine Arts degree from American University. She is a Chancellor Professor in Painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. She is represented by the CaldwellSnyder Gallery in New York and San Francisco, the Cidnee Patrick Gallery in Dallas, Tx, and Fresh Paint in Los Angeles.

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Stiff Pose Victorian Postmortem photography (140 Pics)

Postmortem photography or memento mori, the photographing of a deceased person, was a common practice in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The photographs were considered a keepsake to remember the dead. Child mortality was high during the Victorian era. For many children even a common sickness could be fatal. When a child or other family member died, families would often have a photograph taken before burial. Many times it was the first and last photograph they would ever possess of their loved one. Many postmortem photographs were close-ups of the face or shots of the full body. The deceased were usually depicted to appear as if they were in a deep sleep, or else arranged to appear more life-like. Children were often shown on a couch or in a crib, often posed with a favorite toy. It was not uncommon to photograph very young children with a family member, most frequently the mother. Adults were more commonly posed in chairs or even propped up on something.

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