Symbolism In American Art

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Yet, when dealing with eastern society art forms (Chinese, Japanese and Indian) everything the individual is wearing in the painting had a meaning, from the robes, color of each piece, how they sit, their height in the picture, to even the most notable; their stare, basically, the person was the symbol, where in European art, the painter would have to add religious symbols in paintings. When viewing Emperor Shunzhi 1644 –1661 portrait, one can point out, that he has almost the same pinpoint stare as Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Also, to point out, even though, women were second class citizens as well, in Chinese form of art; it could be classified as pre-rape culture. Then contrasting this idea, they started showing portraits of

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