Meet a politicized Discobolus & Venus de Milo, representing the decadent life of luxury as depicted by socialist artist William Balfour Ker, 1905.
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Meet a politicized Discobolus & Venus de Milo, representing the decadent life of luxury as depicted by socialist artist William Balfour Ker, 1905.
A Canadian of Scottish background, he created this image, titled ‘From the Depths’, to illustrate a novel on class struggle called ‘The Silent War’ by John Ames Mitchell (New York, 1906).
This image soon became famous, circulating widely as a print to be framed/ hung...
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