a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
sculpture in contradistinction to painting
Just as he liked and praised a country life in comparison with the life he did not like, so too he liked the peasantry in contradistinction to the class of men he did not like, and so too he knew the peasantry as something distinct from and opposed to men generally.
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contradistinction
by Klimt » Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:13 pm
Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.
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Re: contradistinction
by Perry » Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:21 pm
Klimt wrote:a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
sculpture in contradistinction to painting
Just as he liked and praised a country life in comparison with the life he did not like, so too he liked the peasantry in contradistinction to the class of men he did not like, and so too he knew the peasantry as something distinct from and opposed to men generally.
So are peasants another gender, or another species?
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