Interculturality on canvas - collages of religions and cultures in the oeuvre of Gustave Moreau
Jovana Nikolic
Abstract:Using the oeuvre of the French artist Gustave Moreau as an example, it will
be shown how the French culture of the second half of the 19th century and
the art of Symbolism adopted and depicted themes and motifs taken from
Eastern cultures and religions, how they incorporated them into their own
cultural patterns and what roles they assigned to them. Such ?borrowings?
are considered one of the basic features of Moreau?s work, which is
generally cited as a good example of the interculturality o… Show more
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