The word vanitas is Latin, meaning "emptiness" and corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all things. Ecclesiastes 1:2 from the Bible is the source of this notion . Vanitas themes were common in medieval funerary art, with most surviving examples in sculpture . Paintings executed in the vanitas style are meant as a reminder of the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death .
Omnia Vanitas
Made with real human hair
gold ,acrylic and velvet encased
in a wooden cabinet
2012
Made with real human hair
gold ,acrylic and velvet encased
in a wooden cabinet
2012
