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CBC Massey Lectures | # 1: Europe and the Art of Seeing

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:54:08
Publish Date: 2022-01-24 05:11:00
Description: Black subjects in European art are generally marginal figures, but even as such, they tell a rich tale about cultural assumptions. "To look at a portrait is to be forced to build a human life out of our own imaginations," says Massey lecturer Esi Edugyan. Art can both freeze a narrative and remove ambiguity, but it can also suggest layers of perhaps unintended meaning.
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