Jana Sterbak, Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic, artwork, 1987.Vanitas is the motto of The Harvard Lampoon.Vanitas is the name of one of the two main characters from Vanitas no Carte.

Vanitas is the name of a character from the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Vanitas is the seventh album by British Extreme Metal band Anaal Nathrakh.

Vanitas vanitatum is the title of an oratorio written by an Italian Baroque composer Giacomo Carissimi (1604/05–1674).

102 is entitled Vanitas vanitatum: Mit Humor.

The first movement in composer Robert Schumann's 5 Pieces in a Folk Style, for Cello and Piano, Op.

In the 17th century, a skull symbolized the ephemeral nature of life. It was popular to include skulls in vanitas paintings. The well known Spanish vanitas refer to Spain's rulers and the politics of Spain. The paintings often have symbolic imagery which attempts to convey the message that we will die, and we should think about futility of our earthly pursuits. In the 17th century the vanitas genre was popular among Dutch painters. Vanitas often have a message that is rooted in religion or the Christian Bible. Vanitas are very formulaic and they use literary and traditional symbols to convey mortality. Vanitas art is a type of allegorical art representing a higher ideal or containing hidden meanings. Memento mori is a similar theme which when translated from Latin means, 'remember that you will die.' History Ī group of painters in Leiden began to produce vanitas paintings beginning in the 16th century and they continued into the 17th century. The Spanish painters also created vanitas paintings which coincided with the end of the Spanish Golden Age. Vanitas is a sub-genre of still life painting which Dutch painters during the Baroque period (c.1585–1730) employed. The message is that human action is temporary and faith is forever. Vanity is referenced in the Bible's Old Testament in Ecclesiastes 12:8, 'Vanity of Vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity'. The word vanitas comes from Latin and means vanity. Vanitas art is a type of allegorical art representing a higher ideal.

The genre began in the 16th century and continued into the 17th century. The paintings involved still life imagery of transitory items. Vanitas ( Latin for ' vanity') is a genre of art which uses symbolism to show the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death.

Vanitas Vanitatum by John B. Webster