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This 5 page art appreciation paper analyzes the art of Georges De La Tour's Magdalen of the Smoking Flame for overt sexist messages. Quotes from Mary Wellstoncrafts, Vindication of Women, as well as quotes from John Stuart Mill's, Subjection of Women, are used to support the idea of sexist messages throghout the ages. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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they depict? It can be said that it depends on the artist, the artists experiences, and the moment in time, which he determines to capture and portray. In a description
of De La Tours painting, Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, one is drawn to the richness of the colors, even in the half-light. Marys hairstyle is simple and plain; her
nose is long as well as is her fingers and face. There is just the hint of pregnancy about her as she stares into the flame. On the table rests
a crude replica of the cross. This painting is the second of four such paintings by De La Tour on this particular subject. The first has the flame hidden as
Mary studies at the table. The second, of course, has the flame smoking and Mary just beginning to show the signs of pregnancy. The third has Mary obviously pregnant and
the flame reflected in a mirror. The fourth, there is no actual fire, but there seems to be an inner glow as she holds her child. The analysis of the
symbolism of this painting is that it is rife with religious overtones. The symbol that is, of course, the strongest, is the flame. When two candles are placed on an
altar, they represent Jesus human and divine natures. Believers are also called to be the light of the world. In the Smoking Flame painting, the candle is large and round,
not a thin taper. This may insinuate that Marys faith is great and she takes comfort in the fact that Christ still loves her even though he has been crucified.
She, more than others around her, may have spiritually understood what Christ meant with his prophesies of his death. Given this, then, the flame of her faith is her comfort.
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