vanitas
/van-i-tahs/US // ˈvæn ɪˌtɑs //
万能的,梵天,梵蒂冈,梵帝斯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a type of still-life painting that flourished in the Netherlands from about 1620 to 1650, conveying a religious message and characterized by objects symbolic of mortality and the meaninglessness of worldly pleasures.
Examples
Is it possible then that thy name is also vanitas vanitatum, like the other things of this world?
Of my three frivolous women, another performed the miracle herself, and abandoned freely the service of the great Goddess Vanitas.
Or, is it about a woman who wears her life away in the farce of 'Vanitas Vanitatum?'
Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas—Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Similis reviviscendi promissa Democrito vanitas, qui non revixit ipse.
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