14. Xowery Dunikowski,
Maternity, 1908,
losf sculpture
(Phot. ofter M. Trefer,
Ksawery Dunikowski.
Próbo estetycznej
charakterystyki,
Lwów 1924, p. 23, iii. 19)
above-mentioned works show a similar tendency, presendng a naked female
body far from ideał. The persistendy used motif of bald female heads remains
in a striking contrast with images of femme fatale with beaudful, long hair
as an attribute abundant in the period. In many paintings and graphics of
Munch one may find a motif of a man ensnared, entangled in woman’s
locks of hair. Władysława Jaworska went so far as to suggest that Munch’s
Yampire could be a painterly interpretation of Lilith (with her destructive
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Maternity, 1908,
losf sculpture
(Phot. ofter M. Trefer,
Ksawery Dunikowski.
Próbo estetycznej
charakterystyki,
Lwów 1924, p. 23, iii. 19)
above-mentioned works show a similar tendency, presendng a naked female
body far from ideał. The persistendy used motif of bald female heads remains
in a striking contrast with images of femme fatale with beaudful, long hair
as an attribute abundant in the period. In many paintings and graphics of
Munch one may find a motif of a man ensnared, entangled in woman’s
locks of hair. Władysława Jaworska went so far as to suggest that Munch’s
Yampire could be a painterly interpretation of Lilith (with her destructive
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