Common vanitas symbols include skulls, which are a reminder of the certainty of death; rotten fruit (decay); bubbles (the brevity of life and suddenness of death); smoke, watches, and hourglasses, (the brevity of life); and musical instruments …show more content…
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Trompe L’oeil:
Trompe L’oeil is visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a 3D object. trompe l'oeil was frequently used by the great artists of the Renaissance period, for example, to momentarily trick the viewer into believing that the painted objects they were looking at were real. It is a very difficult technique used by many artists throughout history. there is a story happened between Zeuxis and his friend Parrhasius: his friend was so impressed was fellow artist and rival Parrhasius, that in a few weeks he asked Zeuxis to come to his studio to see his painting. Zeuxis went to Parrhasius' studio and there before him was the painting draped by a curtain. Zeuxis approached the painting and when he tried to pull back the curtain to reveal the painting, he found that the curtain had been painted. So enthralled by the anticipation of a painting "behind" the curtain, Zeuxis was fooled by his rival artist. One can see how troupe l'oeil is the most naturalistic form of realism.Nature