Think Modern Life is Cruel? Try this Medieval Vision of Life and Death

A monumental painting that explores medieval fears of death and the afterlife

Triumph of Death (c. 1350) by Buonamico Buffalmacco. Fresco. 560 × 1500 cm. Camposanto Monumentale (‘Monumental Cemetery’), Pisa, Italy. Image Source Wikimedia Commons

In the Italian city of Pisa, there is a remarkable wall painting.

Most people go to the famed city to see the “Leaning Tower”, but only a short distance away is one of the most beautiful…