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Porcelains and Peacocks: Vanitas and Memento Mori: The Ephemeral Nature of Life
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An Interior Design, Decorative Arts, and Fine Arts Blog. Vanitas and Memento Mori: The Ephemeral Nature of Life. Or “emptiness” was a form of funereal art popular in Northern Europe during the seventeenth century that dealt with the ephemeral nature of life. Featured skulls to remind the viewer of the certainty of death. Other motifs included bubbles, smoke, burning candles, and hourglasses to symbolize the finiteness of time. These were more varied in style as in Dutch painter. Jacques de Gheyn the.
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My Painting Inspirations | acuaralista
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Skip to primary content. April 4, 2013. What have been my inspirations to paint? I was fortunate to have an art instructor during my last two high school y. An abstract expressionist from New York and Walter Kuhlman. A west coast abstract expressionist from San Francisco. We also had Elaine DeKooning. The more representative instructors included Sam Smith. A watercolorist of some renown and Kenneth Adams. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You are...
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. April 4, 2013. What have been my inspirations to paint? I was fortunate to have an art instructor during my last two high school y. An abstract expressionist from New York and Walter Kuhlman. A west coast abstract expressionist from San Francisco. We also had Elaine DeKooning. The more representative instructors included Sam Smith. A watercolorist of some renown and Kenneth Adams. My favorite places to paint…. March 21, 2013. A painting from the past.