![\"\"](\"https:\/\/exam.hautlieucreative.co.uk\/photo26exam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/03\/IMG_1748-768x1024.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nMy Moodboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/exam.hautlieucreative.co.uk\/photo26exam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/image-28-1024x592.png\")
<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVanitas Research- context<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/exam.hautlieucreative.co.uk\/photo26exam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/03\/image-40-1024x633.png\")
Carlo Russo, “Vanitas,” 2023, oil on panel, 23 x 37 in.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nVanitas is a still-life art style that developed in the 17th century Dutch Golden Age. The word Vanitas comes from the Latin phrase “Vanitas\u00a0<\/strong>vanitatum<\/strong>“<\/strong>\u00a0meaning “vanity of vanities, all is meaningless.”\u00a0\u200b <\/p>\n\n\n\nThese artworks were designed to communicate the temporary nature of life and the inevitability of death, often using symbolic objects.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Common Symbolic Objects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Skull=<\/strong> Mortality<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Candles burning=<\/strong> Ending of life<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Rotten Fruit=<\/strong> Decay<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Books\/Instruments\/Dice=<\/strong> Temporary Pleasures<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Wilting Flowers= <\/strong>Beauty fading<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Clocks\/hourglasses=<\/strong> Time Passing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
How it links to Origin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Vanitas imagery conceptually links to my theme Origins as it explores themes of life and death and the cycle of beginning and ending. Vanitas traditionally focuses on mortality but the focus on death also implies that everything has a starting point.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By analysing Vanitas imagery, I am exploring how objects and living things develop from an origin, change over\u00a0time,\u00a0and eventually decline. Which emphasises the relationship between origin, existence, and deterioration.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The word “origin” refers to the point which something begins, its source or starting place. Origins Moodboard My Moodboard Vanitas Research- context Vanitas is a still-life art style that developed in the 17th century Dutch Golden Age. The word Vanitas comes from the Latin phrase “Vanitas\u00a0vanitatum“\u00a0meaning “vanity of vanities, all is meaningless.”\u00a0\u200b These artworks were … Continue reading Origins<\/span>
<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVanitas Research- context<\/h2>\n\n\n\nCarlo Russo, “Vanitas,” 2023, oil on panel, 23 x 37 in.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nVanitas is a still-life art style that developed in the 17th century Dutch Golden Age. The word Vanitas comes from the Latin phrase “Vanitas\u00a0<\/strong>vanitatum<\/strong>“<\/strong>\u00a0meaning “vanity of vanities, all is meaningless.”\u00a0\u200b <\/p>\n\n\n\nThese artworks were designed to communicate the temporary nature of life and the inevitability of death, often using symbolic objects.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Common Symbolic Objects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Skull=<\/strong> Mortality<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Candles burning=<\/strong> Ending of life<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Rotten Fruit=<\/strong> Decay<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Books\/Instruments\/Dice=<\/strong> Temporary Pleasures<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Wilting Flowers= <\/strong>Beauty fading<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Clocks\/hourglasses=<\/strong> Time Passing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
How it links to Origin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Vanitas imagery conceptually links to my theme Origins as it explores themes of life and death and the cycle of beginning and ending. Vanitas traditionally focuses on mortality but the focus on death also implies that everything has a starting point.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By analysing Vanitas imagery, I am exploring how objects and living things develop from an origin, change over\u00a0time,\u00a0and eventually decline. Which emphasises the relationship between origin, existence, and deterioration.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The word “origin” refers to the point which something begins, its source or starting place. Origins Moodboard My Moodboard Vanitas Research- context Vanitas is a still-life art style that developed in the 17th century Dutch Golden Age. The word Vanitas comes from the Latin phrase “Vanitas\u00a0vanitatum“\u00a0meaning “vanity of vanities, all is meaningless.”\u00a0\u200b These artworks were … Continue reading Origins<\/span>
Vanitas is a still-life art style that developed in the 17th century Dutch Golden Age. The word Vanitas comes from the Latin phrase “Vanitas\u00a0<\/strong>vanitatum<\/strong>“<\/strong>\u00a0meaning “vanity of vanities, all is meaningless.”\u00a0\u200b <\/p>\n\n\n\n These artworks were designed to communicate the temporary nature of life and the inevitability of death, often using symbolic objects.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vanitas imagery conceptually links to my theme Origins as it explores themes of life and death and the cycle of beginning and ending. Vanitas traditionally focuses on mortality but the focus on death also implies that everything has a starting point.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n By analysing Vanitas imagery, I am exploring how objects and living things develop from an origin, change over\u00a0time,\u00a0and eventually decline. Which emphasises the relationship between origin, existence, and deterioration.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The word “origin” refers to the point which something begins, its source or starting place. Origins Moodboard My Moodboard Vanitas Research- context Vanitas is a still-life art style that developed in the 17th century Dutch Golden Age. The word Vanitas comes from the Latin phrase “Vanitas\u00a0vanitatum“\u00a0meaning “vanity of vanities, all is meaningless.”\u00a0\u200b These artworks were … Continue reading Origins<\/span> Common Symbolic Objects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
How it links to Origin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n