Blog: Spooky! Scary!
tags: Wax vanitas, Wax, Vanitas, art, human life, death, symbol, skull, insect, insects, decaying flesh, flesh, decay, biblical, Ecclesiastes, vanity of vanities all is vanity, all is vanity, vanity
Wax vanitas, Europe, 1701-1800 Vanitas are works of art intended to remind the viewer of the shortness of human life, the uselessness of vanity and the certainty of death. This example features many symbols typical for this type of object, such as a skull
tags: Wax vanitas, Wax, Vanitas, art, human life, death, symbol, skull, insect, insects, decaying flesh, flesh, decay, biblical, Ecclesiastes, vanity of vanities all is vanity, all is vanity, vanity