[Mental Health Break] My work day

Vanitas Art (i.e, paintings with skulls)

David Bailly, 1651

Have you ever gone to a fine art museum and wondered, "What's with all those skulls?"

Did people decorate their houses with skulls?
Was it a weird funeral tradition in the 1600s?
Was it the beginning of the "goth" movement before Nine Inch Nails hit the scene?

Maybe you're more sophisticated than me or have a degree in art history, but I just figured it out last night. 

This skull art is called "Vanitas" and gets pretty deep...