To us in the 21st century, masterworks in painting convey a classicism and elegance that seem nonexistent in the modern world. But in the case of Madame X, the...
We see them everywhere: some are serene, blissful, meditating in drugstore fliers. Others - lithe visions of feminine happiness, stretching in yogurt and maxi pad commercials. And then there...
"Man wishes to see himself because he is vain, and he's afraid to see himself since, being vain, he cannot tolerate the sight of his flaws." Pierre Nicole, Jansenist...