Artist Rod Hughes
Bronze Skull: 14cm W x 15cm H x 18cm L
What connects this work to earlier traditions is not its form, but its craftsmanship and symbolism. The skull, formed in repoussé copper and bronze over a steel core, draws on a long visual language of mortality found throughout medieval and later European art. Such imagery served as a reminder of the fragility of life, an idea often captured in the concept of memento mori.
Artist Rod Hughes
Bronze Skull: 14cm W x 15cm H x 18cm L
What connects this work to earlier traditions is not its form, but its craftsmanship and symbolism. The skull, formed in repoussé copper and bronze over a steel core, draws on a long visual language of mortality found throughout medieval and later European art. Such imagery served as a reminder of the fragility of life, an idea often captured in the concept of memento mori.
