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... symbolic content . The ships in the Ship Fresco are beautifully adorned with devices , flags , and bunting . The landscapes are rendered in bold colors thought to represent the variegated volcanic rocks of Thera itself . The essential ...
... symbolic content . The ships in the Ship Fresco are beautifully adorned with devices , flags , and bunting . The landscapes are rendered in bold colors thought to represent the variegated volcanic rocks of Thera itself . The essential ...
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... symbolic potential of form , tribal art served to confirm Brancusi's own native tradition . It also reinforced the artist's personal conviction that by working directly upon his material he could endow the final form with a profound ...
... symbolic potential of form , tribal art served to confirm Brancusi's own native tradition . It also reinforced the artist's personal conviction that by working directly upon his material he could endow the final form with a profound ...
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... symbolic of modern society , he sought to anchor his work firmly in his own time . He identified himself as a workman ; his creative process was one of construction : he cut profiles , welded together a sequence of elements ; he seldom ...
... symbolic of modern society , he sought to anchor his work firmly in his own time . He identified himself as a workman ; his creative process was one of construction : he cut profiles , welded together a sequence of elements ; he seldom ...
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