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| Rembrandt van Rijn Danaë 1636-1643 Eremitage St.Petersburg, Russia |
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In the Baroque era Rembrandt introduced a new style of depicting women: instead of painting stylized beautiful women, he depicts them in very realistic ways.[1] The myth of Danaë narrates that Zeus desires Danaë and impregnates her in the form of a shower of gold whereupon Danaë gives birth to Perseus. In this painting, the golden shower is symbolized by a bright and warm light. The art historian Madlyn Kahr[2] states that here the former way of depicting women (saint or prostitute) is halted, because Danaë appears as sexual woman taking her full part in humanity.[3] According to the art historian Mrs.Hammer-Tugendhat[4] it is worth mentioning that the male sexuality, symbolized as light, appears in spiritualized way. Femininity in the sexual act represents matter and body.[5] This form of female presence in art has persisted for several eras.
Biography: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn (Translation: K. Seifter)
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