It's our first full episode! This week, Katie tours us through the totally creepy, centuries-old practice of creating death masks. Yep. It's as weird as it sounds.
Sources:
- Death Mask Radiolab Episode
- Edward III and Philippa of Hainault | Westminster Abbey
- The curious and gruesome art of human death masks
- LCP Art & Artifacts - Death Masks
- Resusci Anne and L'Inconnue: The Mona Lisa of the Seine
- New-York Historical Society - Aaron Burr Death Mask
- Recreating Roman Wax Masks Vol 6 Iss 3, Expedition Magazine in 2014
- Masks - Funerary and Commemorative Uses
Videos Mentioned in this Episode:
Orange County Registry - Making a Death Mask https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LyPx2x7ZJs&t=78s
New York Magazine - Death Mask Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOrk41H7WDY
Death Masks, BBC London News Article https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCe51xHmec
Nick Reynolds, Death Masks https://vimeo.com/111618823
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Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod
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