These two images are from the Romantic Era. These may not seem to have to anything in common but I see some similarities as I view each one. I chose these because they both seem to be concerned with the human condition. By taking a photograph of the pyramids in Egypt, one is investigating the human condition of the past and moreover the way in which the afterlife was viewed. In the same light, William Blake's painting appears to be an investigation of the human condition as it relates to death. Death and as a result life seems to be the framework for both these works. Both these works are different views of life in the framework of death but they seem to both be pointing towards life as being finite and investigating that reality either by speculating on religion or by studying the religious practices of history.