However, modern artists have continued to explore this genre. You can have these tattoo anywhere of your body but you must try music notes tattoo on arm, finger, ear, hand, and back of the neck. Music note tattoos are one of the cool tattoo designs among different tattoo designs. The vanitas and memento mori picture became popular in the seventeenth century, in a religious age when almost everyone believed that life on earth was merely a preparation for an afterlife. Almost everyone loves music, but their choice would be different. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.’ In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods.

A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers.Ĭlosely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. Illustration about Decorative colorful vector skull filled with musical notes, keep out symbol. Pablo Picasso Goat’s Skull, Bottle and Candle

Skull music art notes