vanitas en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvæn.ɪˌtɑs/
Etymology
From Latin vānitās. Doublet of vanity.
Meanings
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(qualifier:painting) A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries.
In her straight-ahead photographs of storefronts, an arrangement of shoes or shrink-wrapped furniture becomes a vanitas still life.
2009 March 6, Holland Cotter, “Change and Permanence, Captured by Cameras”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vanitases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
cmn 虛空畫 /虚空画 (type of still life painting) · ja ヴァニタス (type of still life painting)