It is also really interesting that Robert assumes it is a woman. I wonder why? The fabric is, I think, a funeral shroud, and not a dress.
Could the reason be that in art, figures who lie supine and are there to be seen by the viewer are typically women? Is there a passivity to the attitude of the coffin that implies a female character?
i think that the artist is trying to convey his/her discomfort with death, and the life leaving his/her body(the white cloth falling off the coffin).
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ReplyDeleteIt's really cool how the coffin is set up as though the woman were sitting there.
ReplyDeleteIt is also really interesting that Robert assumes it is a woman. I wonder why? The fabric is, I think, a funeral shroud, and not a dress.
ReplyDeleteCould the reason be that in art, figures who lie supine and are there to be seen by the viewer are typically women? Is there a passivity to the attitude of the coffin that implies a female character?