Vanitas Still Life | Anonymous | 1650 Size:A3 Landscape "Star of Bethlehem" by Elihu

"Star of Bethlehem" by Elihu Vedder

circa 1905

Ruggiero Riding the Hippogriff

often interpreted as a self-portrait of Dalí himself

This painting by Evariste Gustave De Buck (1892-1974) portrays a tranquil snowy landscape illuminated by a striking sunset

Vanitas Still Life | Anonymous | 1650 Size:A3 Landscape "Star of Bethlehem" by ElihuThe 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