Room 7
While the first part of the exhibition, at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, is dominated by the sheer physical power of the heroines, the second, in the rooms of the Fundación Caja Madrid, explores the spiritual powers of sorceresses, martyrs and mystics –often stigmatised as witches, madwomen or hysterics. The sorceress in painting has often been reduced to the level of femme fatale and described in accordance with male desire, while her similarities to Orpheus and wisdom capable of humanising and civilising man and beast have been ignored.
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- Autor:
- Dosso Dossi
- Título:
- Circe, c. 1531
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- Tipo:
- Oil on canvas, 176 x 174 cm
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- Úbicacion:
- Museo Galleria di Villa Borghese, Rome
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- Autor:
- John William Waterhouse
- Título:
- The Crystal Ball, 1902
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- Tipo:
- Oil on canvas, 120.7 x 78.7 cm
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- Úbicacion:
- Pérez Simón Collection, Mexico
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