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Memorials and Memory
Use this image collection with the MIA's "Art and the Court of Burgundy" Teaching the Arts feature.
Artists from many different cultures have created memorials to commemorate leaders, important events, and people who have died. Use this Art Collector Set to make comparisons between memorials and discuss the values they represent.
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:113.657505285px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.23177083333" id="zoomer_70502_40426iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/7c/af/59808d5065512935056f95f3835e/140/120/70502.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Taj Mahal, Agra, India, Samuel Bourne ; Samuel Bourne" height_offset="0" /></div>
President McKinley Memorial Quilt
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.920572916667" id="zoomer_96636_9181iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/36/b5/48877b496f7a85f746dfde961f1f/140/120/96636.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="President McKinley Memorial Quilt, Artist Unknown (United States)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Le Grande Pyramide Chéops, le Sphinx et le Temple de Chafra
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:104.7265625px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.33681462141" id="zoomer_90419_37496iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/08/14/22371ed132183ef2a6c8adf54a0f/140/120/90419.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Le Grande Pyramide Chéops, le Sphinx et le Temple de Chafra, Pascal Sebah ; Pascal Sebah" height_offset="0" /></div>
Woman's mourning veil (Odhani)
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Lekythos
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.364583333333" id="zoomer_102552_59307iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/52/89/5b00c9252601fa1a38547968a511/140/120/102552.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Lekythos, The Carlsberg Painter ; The Carlsberg Painter" height_offset="0" /></div>
Hmong Funeral, Frogtown
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:92.28515625px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.51703703704" id="zoomer_103748_46281iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/cc/a8/da3cb7a8e420368694978df43ad0/140/120/103748.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Hmong Funeral, Frogtown, Wing Young Huie ; Wing Young Huie" height_offset="0" /></div>
Funerary Model of a Pig Sty
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Diptych with scenes from the life of Christ
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.0390625" id="zoomer_69833_14807iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/59/55/fdef926496cc6ba449ad6ec10882/140/120/69833.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Diptych with scenes from the life of Christ, Master of the Passion Diptych ; Master of the Passion Diptych" height_offset="0" /></div>
Queue for Lenin's Tomb
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:99.39453125px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.40852819807" id="zoomer_71200_51613iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/d3/9b/0026fce13a1ed57416209e4ed578/140/120/71200.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Queue for Lenin's Tomb, Dmitrii Baltermants ; Dmitrii Baltermants" height_offset="0" /></div>
Male Head
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Burial, Kurdistan
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:93.10546875px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.50367107195" id="zoomer_70934_37305iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/0b/81/9c931e1bb7c0094586e61ed27b2b/140/120/70934.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Burial, Kurdistan, Gilles Peress ; Gilles Peress" height_offset="0" /></div>
Reminiscences of 1865
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.647135416667" id="zoomer_65892_36838iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/c4/33/83078a942c687487d7004247083e/140/120/65892.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Reminiscences of 1865, John Frederick Peto ; John Frederick Peto" height_offset="0" /></div>
Mask
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Pima Burial Grounds
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:105.205479452px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.33072916667" id="zoomer_599_47224iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/d7/ea/1ae322339ded8879e7ecd7e5cec8/140/120/599.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Pima Burial Grounds, Edward S. Curtis ; Edward S. Curtis" height_offset="0" /></div>
Portrait of George Washington (1732–1799)
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.631510416667" id="zoomer_102715_30503iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/ce/98/f02b1251516aea29f33fa3543313/140/120/102715.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Portrait of George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Sully ; Thomas Sully" height_offset="0" /></div>
Funeral skirt (Sarong)
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Memorial Screen
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Tombeaux des Sultans
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:114.382978723px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.22395833333" id="zoomer_90924_15486iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/d0/a6/5ebd77a418956b01e9b2d267a236/140/120/90924.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Tombeaux des Sultans, Pascal Sebah ; Pascal Sebah ; Policarpe Joaillier ; Policarpe Joaillier" height_offset="0" /></div>
Study for a Funerary Monument
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.553385416667" id="zoomer_73949_26140iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/0e/10/ae4cc8f138d22fde3609ffa82b06/140/120/73949.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Study for a Funerary Monument, Augustin Pajou ; Augustin Pajou" height_offset="0" /></div>
Sarcophagus of Prince Cheng Ching (Yuan Mi)
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:55.234375px;"><img class="inline_img fake_2.53465346535" id="zoomer_650_61394iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/e1/f2/79e61b07e60bcc42271303aab9aa/140/120/650.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Sarcophagus of Prince Yuan Mi, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Camel
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Mask
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.9453125" id="zoomer_90809_9230iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/5d/e2/991ef1724c0eaf62b06522601425/140/120/90809.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Mask, Artist Unknown (Mexico)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Cartonnage of Lady Tashat
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.322916666667" id="zoomer_934_15586iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/d6/32/ea3efceae5bcb008e025ed4a6135/140/120/934.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Cartonnage of Lady Tashat, Artist Unknown (Egyptian)" height_offset="0" /></div>
House Group
Artist: Artist Unknown (Nayarit)
Date: 200 B.C.-400 A.D.
Medium: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic
Size: 18 x 9 3/4 x 7 in. (45.7 x 24.8 x 17.8 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 47.2.37
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