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Memento Mori — Marcus Aurelius
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MEMENTO and MORI in giant cream letters on imperial red, Marcus Aurelius' bronze head between the two words, and a line from his Meditations (IV.17) at the bottom.
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- 30 × 50 cm
- 1 cm PVC board, 4K print
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About this poster
MEMENTO and MORI in giant cream letters on imperial red, Marcus Aurelius' bronze head between the two words, and a line from his Meditations (IV.17) at the bottom.
“Memento mori” is an old Latin saying: “remember that you will die”. It is not a line by Marcus Aurelius, and the poster does not credit it to him. The quote printed at the bottom, though, is his: section 17 of Book IV of the Meditations, in full, from George Long's 1862 translation:
“Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.”
Two giant words, one bronze head
The poster hits hard: MEMENTO at the top, MORI at the bottom, in huge cream capitals on imperial red. Between them, in close-up, the bronze head of Marcus Aurelius, curled beard and steady gaze, photographed on the copy of his equestrian statue that stands on the Capitoline square in Rome. Along the bottom, in small type: “Marcus Aurelius · Meditations IV.17 · Trans. George Long”.
This is a poster for the gym and for walls that should shake you awake in the morning. In a bedroom or a converted garage, the red carries across the room.
Photo of the bronze head by Wilfredor (2024), CC0 public domain; George Long's translation is in the public domain.
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Printed in Tunisia, paid on delivery.
