Memorial portrait for Moses ter Borch d. 1667 by his brother Gerard ter Borch (II) & sister Gesina ter Borch. Around him are various animals and objects referring to his military career or symbolize loyalty and transience (Rijksmuseum)

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The works in Celia Paul's new exhibition at VM address the abiding themes of her art – memory and family, the gulf between outward appearance and inner life – while offering touchstones for wider thoughts about time, transience, spirituality and mortality: https://t.co/Xt2LosWCl5

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Images from last week's screenprinting workshop with St James High School in Farnworth. The pupils were working to a brief called 'Vanitas', artworks that depict the "transience and fragility of life and the certainty of death." (1/3)

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"The transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death."

Working on a big personal project, but I didn't want to get burned out so I did this quick sketch of my lovely boi Vanitas~ 🖤 May he forever reign in all his edgy glory~

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Japanese sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki carves life-size sculptures from wood, but with a twist of mortality and transience.

https://t.co/ncm0dpTKjG

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Why, it has often occurred to me to ask myself, do I so frequently choose death, transience, and the grave as subjects for my paintings? One must submit oneself many times to death in order some day to attain life everlasting.

—Caspar David Friedrich, born 1774

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The work shows the transience of events. What has just been green has become naked, only leaving a trail of memories.

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We're thrilled to announce that is on board to create the for David created a breathtaking score for our previous film & is back once again to orchestrate some more magic

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Barcelona-based artist has made a name for himself with his series of portraits and nudes that mix realism, impressionism and abstract art to reveal the transience and elusiveness of human nature.

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Michael Craig-Martin - totally brilliant

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