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The Last Man 1849

painting by John Martin

Credit:: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
More:: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20354759

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Mark Lee-YoungArt Lover (0)
11 months ago
Too often is peace viewed as purely positive; this painting depicts an unhappy peace, where tranquility is adjectival to despair and hopelessness and dejection.

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