Concept of death in contemporary art

The reason that the feeling of death,which exists since the creation of mankind,is the most frequently used theme in art is that even though it has changed and evolved throughout the history,the concept of death did not lose it's gravity and power. In this paper,the timeline from the first civilizations to the current art trends are researched.Mythology,first beliefs,the ground religions that really affected humanity the change in art with Renaissance,European art,current American and Turkish art are the main titles investigated.The research points out that the artists which lean on the topic of unexplainable and inexperienceable death have taken the concept by the means of different beliefs and philosophies.Contrary to the multi-dimensionality and the colourfulness of life; death has the feeling of void,being frozen and dryness and the artists who are well aware of this,put the essence of death to the canvas. The reason for the limited amount of artists and arts taken into account is that the struggle to understand death reaches beyond the reason of this research.This is why the thesis only includes the most well-known compositions of the artists to explain the change in the meaning and understanding of death throughout the art history.