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Definition of vanitas in English: vanitasnoun ˈvanɪtɑːsˈvanəˌtäs A still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability. Example sentencesExamples - A classic vanitas, the painting reminds us that time and its consequences cannot be slowed.
- Candles, half-empty vases and clocks suggest the passing of time, which, in traditional vanitas paintings, can refer to both the transience of life and the speed with which death can make its claim.
- The shift from vanitas to anatomical drawing was a critical moment.
- Art historians have argued that this is a vanitas image, a chilling reminder that in the midst of all this wealth, power, and learning, death comes to us all.
- The human skull is familiar from the tradition of vanitas paintings where it serves to indicate the futility of human aspirations by stressing the ephemerality of human life.
Origin Latin, literally 'vanity, futility'. Definition of vanitas in US English: vanitasnounˈvanəˌtäs A still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability. Example sentencesExamples - Art historians have argued that this is a vanitas image, a chilling reminder that in the midst of all this wealth, power, and learning, death comes to us all.
- The shift from vanitas to anatomical drawing was a critical moment.
- A classic vanitas, the painting reminds us that time and its consequences cannot be slowed.
- Candles, half-empty vases and clocks suggest the passing of time, which, in traditional vanitas paintings, can refer to both the transience of life and the speed with which death can make its claim.
- The human skull is familiar from the tradition of vanitas paintings where it serves to indicate the futility of human aspirations by stressing the ephemerality of human life.
Origin Latin, literally ‘vanity, futility’. |