Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The XXth and XXIst Centuries find a dearth of the subject of Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist. The subject has lost its allure. Almost, without exception, when the subject is treated, it is with sexual overtones. The German Art Nouveau proponent, Adolf Frey-Moock’s (1882-1954) paints a veiled Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist (1910) with obvious erotic implication. So, too, the Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist (2007) by the Polish painter, Joanna Chrobak takes on a decidedly sexual overtone (See below).

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