EKPHRASIS

EKPHRASIS

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Feb 24, 2024
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Contemplation, 1937-38, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington

According to French thinker Marcel Gauchet, Christianity is a gateway “opiate,” the faith that shows the way out of religion. Once God becomes human, argues Gauchet, the next logical step for the sacralised human is godlessness. Similarly, surrealism is a transitional art movement…

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