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The representation of the so-called Death Angel as a skeleton finds its source at least as far in the history of
Western civilization called the Age of Faith (re: Will Durant)-which spans Roman emperor Constatine's endorsement of the Church (Council of Nicea) to Voltaire and the Age of Reason.
The King of Terrors (Job 18:14) was married to Ecclesiastes 1:1 ("Life is Vanity"-empty. meaningless, etc Thus, the genre of art conceived views human existence as both brief and futile -"nasty, brutish and short" (T. Hobbs)- became known as VANITAS art, a world-picture which informs much of my work.
Western civilization called the Age of Faith (re: Will Durant)-which spans Roman emperor Constatine's endorsement of the Church (Council of Nicea) to Voltaire and the Age of Reason.
The King of Terrors (Job 18:14) was married to Ecclesiastes 1:1 ("Life is Vanity"-empty. meaningless, etc Thus, the genre of art conceived views human existence as both brief and futile -"nasty, brutish and short" (T. Hobbs)- became known as VANITAS art, a world-picture which informs much of my work.
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