During the Dutch Golden Age, vanitas grew in popularity as a genre of memento mori that emphasized life’s transience. The opulent paintings were steeped in symbolism and foregrounded the futility of ambition and worldly pleasures. Marc Dennis draws on this 17th-century tradition as he refashions the still life for a contemporary audience. In a recent…
During the Dutch Golden Age, vanitas grew in popularity as a genre of memento mori that emphasized life’s transience. The opulent paintings were steeped in symbolism and foregrounded the futility of ambition and worldly pleasures. Marc Dennis draws on this 17th-century tradition as he refashions the still life for a contemporary audience. In a recent…
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