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Delacroix’s Painting Liberty Leading the People

Delacroix’s Painting Liberty Leading the People Analyzed Through the Various Art Historical Methods. Through the history of humanity the visual representation of the “Liberty” concept has been practiced in many cultures and depicted in many different ways. The pictorial image of “Liberty” and its meaning varied from one country to another and was mostly represented as a female character and as a...

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Mirror: A Psychological Door to the Otherness of Self

“Mirror: A Psychological Door to the Otherness of Self.” Mirror as a charming and mysterious object begun to be used by humans approximately from the beginning of six thousands years BC. The first traces of the object used as mirror were made from the obsidian,[1] which were found in Anatolia.[2] Besides obsidian another materials were used for production of these reflecting reality commodities.[3]...

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Woman Drinking Absinthe

“Woman Drinking Absinthe,” Van Dongen’s Allegorical Satire on Parisian Society. The reputation of Paris as a leading center of important economic, socio-political and cultural changes was already well established in European social circles at the beginning of the twenty-century. The booming industrialization inspired various economic activities in every aspects of human existence. The market for the...

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The Adoration or Perversity of Childhood in Balthus’s Paintings

The Adoration or Perversity of Childhood in Balthus’s Paintings. Before the concept of Childhood began to take shape during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the concept of the Child had many symbolic connotations in the popular imagery through the history of art. In a general context, the child symbolizes the new beginning, as for example the New Year, or innocence, naivety and a precious gift....

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Artemisia Gentileschi: Quest for Artistic Glory

Artemisia Gentileschi: Female Quest for Artistic Glory or Personal Vengeance. The scholarly world of the art history critics projects many conflicting theories when referring to the Artemisia Gentileschi’s artwork. The omnipresent argument surfacing every time is that her art is motivated mostly by the trauma of her personal experiences as a female exposed to the Patriarchal system of her...