Skull by Otto Dix, 1924

This drawing of a skull by Otto Dix is the word "haunting" in image form. Notice that the skull appears to have hair and a mustache. It gives the impression of recent death, a sort of half-death half-life state. The worms are devouring the skull, giving this person no peace in death. This was probably the fate of many soldiers: to rot in the trenches. Skulls in general are so eerie--even though there are no eyes or lips, I still feel like someone is staring back at me, attempting to tell me something. Yet the fact that a skull is depicted rather than a face shows universality of fate--all skulls a essentially the same. Many faces could be placed in front.