Meaning of vanitas | Babel Free
ˈvæn.ɪˌtɑsDefinitions
A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Equivalents
日本語
ヴァニタス
Examples
“In her straight-ahead photographs of storefronts, an arrangement of shoes or shrink-wrapped furniture becomes a vanitas still life.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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