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Allegory of Vanity

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Original – Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless - In Christian teachings vanity is considered an example of pride, one of the seven deadly sins. The deadly sins emerged from words of the Book of Proverbs 6:16-19, "... things the Lord hateth...", namely: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plots, Feet that are swift to run into mischief, A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and Him that soweth discord among brethren. In philosopy, vanity may refer to a broader sense of egoism and pride.

Reason

High quality picture, a well executed Vanitas. The Vanitas pictures emerged beginning with the late years of the 15th century. These pictures have a symbolic meaning, as most old paintings in art history: they are a representation of Vanity and also Vainglory (unjustified boasting). It describes through the visual language the meaningless in the efforts of gathering valuable material objects, earthly goods and pursuits and the ephemerality of earthly pleasures: in the middle of the richly depicted pearls, gold, coins and jewels there are sculls. This concept comes from the Latin words of Ecclesiastes, in the earliest translation of the Bible in Latin: Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas meaning Vanity of vanities; all is vanity or Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.

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Vanitas

FP category for this image

Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Antonio de Pereda y Salgado

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 10:20, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
• Support - Though for future POTD use I'd want some more information on the painting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:49, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

• Here (push on details, left upper corner or here, for ex. The portrait shown by the angel is emperor Charles V. Hafspajen (talk) 15:15, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

• Support - Skulls, cards and money...--Godot13 (talk) 03:28, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
• Support – SagaciousPhil - Chat 07:56, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
• Support How many skulls do you need? I think this angel is a compulsive hoarder. Belle (talk) 17:25, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Belle, you made me laugh ;) --Muhammad(talk) 08:48, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:Antonio de Pereda - Allegory of Vanity - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:21, 13 September 2014 (UTC)