Death and the Maiden & Thoughts on Appreciating Art
From the Blog awaisaftab *Edvard Munch*, *Death and Life*, 1894 (Also titled as *Death and the Maiden*) I have seen Munch's *Death and Life* several times before but I never knew until just now that what is depicted on the left is a stream of sperms. (See here, click on Details.) This is a difficulty I experience repeatedly in my pursuit of appreciating art *properly*... how can one ever know such things about a work by just looking at the image, when, once known, it is apparent that such facts are crucial to a proper appreciation of the painting? Appreciating art, it seems, entails more than just looking at the painting; it also requires reading and researching about it. pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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