Friday, July 15, 2011

Sin thy Name Is Woman

The Sin (1893) by the German symbolist painter Franz von Stuck (1863-1928).

The snake and the women are here inseparably interwoven, they are only two faces of the same subject. The woman may be Eve, Lilith or the devil herself, she’s a dangerous seductress. After all that’s nothing new. Eve always has been a kind of demon, but at the end of the 19th century it seems that this is all what’s left.

3 comments:

  1. Judy...just wanted to thank you for keeping this blog up. The paintings and history behind them are very, very, interesting.

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  2. Thanks a lot. I've not so much time for blogging, but I will keep on.

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  3. The painter named "the last prince of art of Munich's great days".

    Saludos.

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