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fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

An Unknown Woman: how I discovered a hidden tragedy tied to Russia's most famous painting

Close visual details in Sentimental Value reveal hidden cultural stories, exemplified by Kramskoy's Portrait of an Unknown Woman and its deep Russian resonance.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Real Story That 'Sentimental Value' Is Telling

Separating the art from the artist can be easier debated than done. In 1967, Roland Barthes infamously argued in his essay "The Death of the Author" that a writer's biography should be irrelevant to the meaning or value of their work. In 1983, Nora Ephron asserted the opposite in her novel, : "Everything is copy." Today's pop culture has tended to agree with Ephron's take: Confession fuels the biggest songs; celebrity memoirs dominate best-seller lists.
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