Body of a Courtesan in 9 stages of Decomposition, c. 1870.
Apart from art this was also used for a Zen meditation technic. In order to assimilate the impermanence of the material world (and encourage chastity), the monk was told to imagine the corpse of a beautiful woman (symbol of earthly delights) slowly rotting away just in the same sequence as the paintings above.
Kobayashi Eitaku c. 1870
/Ashes to ashes
Body of a Courtesan in 9 stages of Decomposition, c. 1870.
“Even in 1788, Mirabeau was saying that War is the National Industry of Prussia.” French WW1 Poster, 1917
Translations:
“Alsace-Lorraine invaded 47 years ago is no different to the French departments invaded 3 years ago.
The night before the war, the strong Pan-Germanist association declares:‘The German people must rise as a people of masters, above the inferior nations of Europe.’ Attacked, we are merely defending in the name of liberty and to save our existence"
“Even in 1788, Mirabeau was saying that War is the National Industry of Prussia.” French WW1 Poster, 1917
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