BUT I MADE YOU LOOK: MYSTICISM, DESIRE, AND THE REFUSAL OF THE LITERAL.
The article focuses on the author's strategic engagement with Gustave Courbet's "L'Origine du monde," using mysticism and selective revelation to provoke the viewer's gaze rather than providing explicit anatomical description. Topics include the tension between mysticism and exposure, feminist appro...
| Publicado en: | Mythlore Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 262 - 265 |
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Mythopoeic Society
Fall/Winter2025
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on the author's strategic engagement with Gustave Courbet's "L'Origine du monde," using mysticism and selective revelation to provoke the viewer's gaze rather than providing explicit anatomical description. Topics include the tension between mysticism and exposure, feminist approaches to the representation of the female body, and the interplay of desire, sacredness, and visual control in art and culture. |
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