People of Color in European Art History


  1. fang11803:
“ cleverness:
“ medievalpoc:
“ David Bailly
Vanitas with Portrait
Netherlands (ca. 1650)
Oil on canvas
37 ¼ x 45 ¾ in. (95 x 116 cm)
Vanitas- Latin for vanity, refers to a type of still life consisting of a collection of objects that...

    fang11803:

    cleverness:

    medievalpoc:

    David Bailly

    Vanitas with Portrait

    Netherlands (ca. 1650)

    Oil on canvas

    37 ¼ x 45 ¾ in. (95 x 116 cm)

    Vanitas- Latin for vanity, refers to a type of still life consisting of a collection of objects that symbolize death; the brevity of human life and the transience of earthly pleasures and achievements (e.g., a human skull, a mirror, and broken pottery).

    Such paintings were particularly popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, especially in the Netherlands

    I’m curious, do the bubbles symbolize death as well?

    I imagine they would, since they’re so fragile and eventually pop on their own.

    Soap bubbles definitely represent the brevity of human existence in this context. ;)

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