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Drowning in Beauty: The Death of Orpheus

August 11, 2025
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Alphonse Mucha Symbolises Sensuality Without Seduction

Alphonse Mucha’s art expresses sensuality without seduction, using symbolism, harmony, and idealised femininity to evoke spiritual beauty rather than desire.
January 9, 2026
byDanis Noma
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Mono no Aware in Japanese Art and Culture

Mono no Aware is the subtle emotion of fleeting beauty in Japanese art, literature, and culture that celebrates life's impermanence.
January 7, 2026
byDanis Noma
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What Does Frida Kahlo’s Self Portrait “El Sueño” Symbolise?

Painted in 1940, El Sueño (La cama) emerged during one of the most turbulent periods of Frida Kahlo’s life. That year she remarried Diego Rivera after a painful divorce, witnessed the…
December 20, 2025
byDanis Noma

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