Few words about Vanitas

The term vanitas itself refers to the arts, learning plus occasion. The word is Latin, sense "bareness" plus loosely translated corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient natural world of vanity. The Vulgate (Latin conversion of the Bible) renders the verse as Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas.

Paintings executed in the vanitas style are destined as a reminder of the transience of existence, the futility of pleasure, plus the certainty of bereavement, hopeful a sombre earth view. The primary movement in composer Robert Schumann's 5 Pieces in a Folk Method, for Cello and Piano, Op. 103, is free Vanitas vanitatum. Mit Humor.

The motto of the Harvard Lampoon magazine is Vanitas, a engage in recreation on Harvard University's real motto, Veritas (Truth).