1.1 Ancient and Modern Funerary Monuments
How have funerary monuments (memorials, tombstones, and etc.) changed in contemporary times from the examples we see in ancient art? How are they similar or different? What do these monuments say about our culture and our identities?
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1.2 Medieval and Modern Relics
Read about the cult of the relic and pilgrimage routes here: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/latin-western-europe/romanesque1/a/pilgrimage-routes-and-the-cult-of-the-relic. Then watch the video “A look at modern veneration from the British Museum”: http://youtu.be/VtSjcxdmboM. Do you think that contemporary attitudes towards celebrities are more similar to or different from early medieval attitudes towards relics? Discuss, and in your post, list at least three similarities and three differences.
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