In the 14th century, the notion of death transitioned from an idea of a temporary resting period, to a retched inevitable fact of existence. This idea was largely attributed to the Black Death and the public living among a collective of decaying bodies. After decomposition and decay finished embracing the corpse, human remains were disinterred from their grave to accommodate for the newly dead and placed in a Charnel Houses and Ossuaries with displays suggesting one’s inevitability.

Copperplate photogravure, silver gelatin + palladium