In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided tour through the long history of death masks, life masks, funerary masks, and phrenology skulls. It’s a bumpy ride (pun intended) as we visit more than a dozen museums and cemeteries to learn all about this fascinating topic.
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VIDEO SUMMARY
0:00 - Introduction to the tour
2:15 - Marc Quinn’s “Self” – A Death Mask made of Jellied Blood
4:30 - The Ancient History of Funerary Masks
10:00 - Death Masks during the Renaissance
12:36 – Death Masks and Funerary Effigies
14:04 - Madame Tussaud – Badass Master of Wax
16:50 – Criminality, Death Masks, and Phrenology
22:25 – The Unknown Woman of the Seine and CPR
24:00 – Highgate Cemetery West
25:25 – Nick Reynolds – The Last British Death Mask Caster
29:38 – Death Mask Room at the National Portrait Gallery – William Blake, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Oliver Cromwell, John Keats and more
34:39 – Modern Art and the Death Mask – Tracey Emin, Gillian Wearing and more
Videos mentioned in this tour:
The Most Macabre Things in London’s Churches:
The Most Unusual Memorials in London
Secrets of Highgate Cemetery West
Secrets of Highgate Cemetery East
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