In the medieval tradition, Beksinski seems to believe art to be a forewarning about the fragility of the fleshโ whatever pleasures we know are doomed to perishโ thus, his paintings manage to evoke at once the process of decay and the ongoing struggle for life. They hold within them a secret poetry, stained with blood and rust.
Guillermo del ToroThere are a lot of period movies where they say, 'This is a portrait of Lady Whatever.' And it's done in like a 1950s or 60s style.
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