>[!abstract] >**Memento mori** (Latin for "remember that you will die") is an artistic trope, such as the representation of a skull or hourglass in paintings, to remind the viewer of the transience of life and inevitability of death. >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): [[Vanitas]] >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —