Chapter 12
The final frontier in the drama of Eros and Thanatos is a "beheading game" staged by three biblical couples: Salome and John the Baptist, Judith and Holofernes, and the less likely couple David and Goliath. Here the severed head becomes a hunting trophy, a holy relic and a sexual fetish.
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- Autor:
- Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
- Título:
- Salome
- Fecha:
- 1896
- Tipo:
- Pastel and graphite on paper
- Medidas:
- 51 x 61 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Private collection, Germany
- Numero de inventario
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- Autor:
- Franz von Stuck
- Título:
- Judith and Holofernes
- Fecha:
- 1927
- Tipo:
- Oil on canvas
- Medidas:
- 80.3 x 73.7 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Private collection
- Numero de inventario
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- Autor:
- Cindy Sherman
- Título:
- Untitled, no. 228
- Fecha:
- 1990
- Tipo:
- C-print
- Medidas:
- 208 x 122 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación "La Caixa"
- Numero de inventario