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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...

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Symbolism and composition in Bellini’s votive portraiture

Symbolism and composition in Bellini’s votive portraiture. Giovanni Bellini’s Madonna of the Red Cherubs (see fig.1) stays apart from all his other votive portraitures of Virgin and Child. The painting has a classical Bellini’s composition of his half-length Madonna’s, however what makes it particular, is the outstanding presence of Red Cherubs in the background, used only once in his entire...