I lean toward the enchantment, the visual power, of the aesthetically rejected subject.

Walker Evans

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Topic

The wretched of the earth Observation Beauty

Speaker

Walker Evans

Source

Image Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Photographer Artist

From

United States

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Citation

Evans, Walker. Interviewed by Yale Alumni Magazine. 1974.

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Myth Religion

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James K. Feibleman
Source
Understanding Philosophy
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Feibleman, James K. "The Earliest Greek Philosophers." Understanding Philosophy: A Popular History of Ideas. Horizon Press, 1973, ch. 3.

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The curves of your lips rewrite history.

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Beauty

Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 20.