HEAD OF A MAN

Cult Art

Fine Art Giclée Print

Original works; Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault (1818)

Open Edition

Print Dimensions: 55cm x 55cm

Framed in Dark Stained Australian Oak

Some cultures, such as ancient Rome and Greece regarded decapitation as the most honourable form of death. In the middle Ages, many European nations continued to reserve the method only for nobles and royalty. In France, the French Revolution made it the only legal method of execution for all criminals regardless of class, one of the period’s many symbolic changes.

Others have regarded beheading as dishonourable and contemptuous, such as the Japanese troops who beheaded prisoners during World War II. In recent times, it’s widely associated with terrorism.