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Originally Posted by Lurker
The first painting is ok though.
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thats the Gaugain, and he was chasing the 'superstition' of the 'pious' country women to reinterpret that classical and medieval religious art and themes to catch the
sensacion behind the religious significance.
In this context, Jesus because a symbol of human grief, a widely occurring human emotion which dominates much of life. In religion, that is the point, but surely even from a purely artistic perspective you can see this powerful symbolism in the painting. I enjoy the impressionists but my favorite are surrealists..