Portrait of journalist Sylvia von Harden"
Otto Dix, 1926.
Sylvia von Harden was genuinely perplexed by the artist's desire to paint her portrait: "What exactly attracted you so much? My fat legs? Big feet? The sunken eyes? Long arms? Long nose? Thin lips? What exactly do you want to write?" He wanted to write it all. Because Sylvia von Harden was the epitome of the new woman, independent, passionate. Someone who didn't care what she looked like.
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"Nebuchadnezzar."
William Blake, 1805.
Blake emphasizes in every possible way the transition of man into an animal state. The muscular body of the hero clearly indicates that this is not a beast, but a formerly great man. But the torso is covered with hair, more like bare muscles, and the nails on the hands and feet turn into claws.
Nebuchadnezzar's human eyes attract the viewer's attention most of all: he looks downward, and his face is distorted with shock and disgust.
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