Vanitas Vanitatum | 001

VANITAS VANITATUM | 001

"Vanity of vanities, futility - frequently as an exclamation of disillusionment or pessimism. The phrase is late Latin and comes from the Vulgate translation of Ecclesiastes 1:2."

A Vanitas is also a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, often contrasting symbols of wealth and symbols of ephemerality and death. Common Vanitas symbols include skulls, which are a reminder of the certainty of death.

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