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[[Image:L'Absinthe (1876) - Edgar Degas.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[L'Absinthe]]'' (1876) - Edgar Degas]] | [[Image:L'Absinthe (1876) - Edgar Degas.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[L'Absinthe]]'' (1876) - Edgar Degas]] | ||
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+ | “Your [[order]] is [[meaningless]], my [[chaos]] is [[Significance|significant]].” — [[Nathanael West]] | ||
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[[Image:Vanitas (Jaques de Gheyn II).JPG|thumb|200px|''[[Vanitas (Jaques de Gheyn II)|Vanitas]]'' ([[1603]]) by [[Jaques de Gheyn II]]]] | [[Image:Vanitas (Jaques de Gheyn II).JPG|thumb|200px|''[[Vanitas (Jaques de Gheyn II)|Vanitas]]'' ([[1603]]) by [[Jaques de Gheyn II]]]] | ||
[[Image:The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton frontispiece 1638 edition.jpg|thumb|right|200px| [[Book frontispiece|Frontispiece]] for the [[1638]] edition of ''[[The Anatomy of Melancholy]]'' by [[Robert Burton]] ]] | [[Image:The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton frontispiece 1638 edition.jpg|thumb|right|200px| [[Book frontispiece|Frontispiece]] for the [[1638]] edition of ''[[The Anatomy of Melancholy]]'' by [[Robert Burton]] ]] | ||
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==Vanitas== | ==Vanitas== | ||
:''[[Vanitas]]'' | :''[[Vanitas]]'' | ||
- | In the arts, '''vanitas''' is a type of [[symbol]]ic work of art especially associated with Northern European [[still life painting]] in [[Flanders]] and the [[Netherlands]] in the 16th and 17th centuries, though also common in other places and periods. The [[Latin]] word means "[[emptiness]]" and loosely translated corresponds to the [[meaningless]]ness of earthly life and the [[transient]] nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. [[Ecclesiastes]] from the [[Bible]] is often quoted in conjunction with this term. The [[Vulgate]] (Latin translation of the Bible) renders the verse as ''Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas''. The verse is translated as ''Vanity of vanities; all is vanity'' by the [[King James Version of the Bible]]. ''[[Vanity]]'' is used here in its older (especially pre-14th century) sense of "futility". ''Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless'' is the rendering by The [[New International Version]] of the Bible. | + | In the arts, '''vanitas''' is a type of [[symbol]]ic work of art especially associated with Northern European [[still life painting]] in the 16th and 17th centuries. The [[Latin]] word means "[[emptiness]]" and loosely translated corresponds to the [[meaningless]]ness of earthly life and the [[transient]] nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. Ecclesiastes from the Bible is often quoted in conjunction with this term. The Vulgate (Latin translation of the Bible) renders the verse as ''Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas''. The verse is translated as ''Vanity of vanities; all is vanity'' by the King James Version of the Bible. ''[[Vanity]]'' is used here in its older (especially pre-14th century) sense of "futility". ''Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless'' is the rendering by The New International Version of the Bible. |
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“Your order is meaningless, my chaos is significant.” — Nathanael West |
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Meaningless means lacking meaning as in "the word "blituri" is meaningless in English." Meaningless can also refer to something pointless, something that lacks objective or purpose, as in "all our efforts were ultimately meaningless." The term can also refer to the meaning of life, as in "my life is meaningless, I am insignificant".
Vanitas
In the arts, vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art especially associated with Northern European still life painting in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Latin word means "emptiness" and loosely translated corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. Ecclesiastes from the Bible is often quoted in conjunction with this term. The Vulgate (Latin translation of the Bible) renders the verse as Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas. The verse is translated as Vanity of vanities; all is vanity by the King James Version of the Bible. Vanity is used here in its older (especially pre-14th century) sense of "futility". Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless is the rendering by The New International Version of the Bible.
See also
- Absurd
- Blah
- Blituri
- Boredom
- Emptiness
- Futile
- Meaning
- Meaning (existential)
- Meaningless statement
- Mumbo jumbo (phrase)
- Nihilism
- Nonsense
- Plotless
- Psychobabble
- Useless
- Vanitas