Vanités : une invitation à jouir et à se réjouir ?
Vanitas: an encouragement to enjoy and rejoice?
Author(s): Jean-Claude VuilleminSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: Still Life; Vanitas painting; Reception theory; Iconology; Iconography; Baroque episteme
Summary/Abstract: Although a distinction between a Still life and a Vanitas painting could rest upon their respective mode of reception: iconographic for the former, iconological for the latter, the interpretation of Vanitas remains highly problematic. In direct opposition to its intended message of repudiation of earthly goods, the Vanitas runs always the risk to be perceived as an incitement to enjoy and rejoice. Tempus fugit? Therefore, carpe diem instead of memento mori.
Journal: Quêtes littéraires
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 9-20
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French