More than two hundred and sixty works of art deal with topics such as sadness, transience and death. Although in modern society, death and dying become almost taboo.
“Awareness of vanity can be seen as a positive experience. In general, it can be said that the fear of death is artificially created, the fear of death means in a way the fear of life, “notes curator Otto M. Urban.
In European fine art, the theme of vanity has appeared since the early Renaissance. The most common symbol is the human skull and still life, ie death and life in close proximity. Flowers are a frequent symbol of the transience of the beauty of life.
That nothing lasts forever reminds visitors not only of works of art in DOX. The orchids at the box office bloomed at the start, and when DOX closes the exhibition in October, it will turn into a fading memory.
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