让光进来

1905

在这幅题为《让光线进来》的1905年引人注目的插图中，一位身穿紫色长袍、头戴沉重王冠的惊恐君主蜷缩在窗帘旁，拼命试图阻挡从窗户涌入的、标有"进步"字样的刺眼黄光。在他身后，黑暗中充满了怪诞的、类似哥布林的面孔，暗示着通过拒绝现代性的光芒，他被困在一个充满怪物和自己恐惧的房间里。这幅生动的寓言由《Puck》杂志的明星漫画家弗兰克·阿瑟·南基维尔创作，讽刺了那些对20世纪初席卷而来的民主变革感到恐惧的专制统治者。

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