Él levanta la urna de bronce
1888
Odilon Redon, the 'prince of dreamers,' conjures a haunting spiritual vision where a robed figure dramatically hoists a glowing urn, unleashing a burst of ethereal light. A solemn woman stands in the shadows, witnessing this ritual in a scene that feels pulled straight from a fever dream. This 1888 lithograph belongs to his famous series illustrating Gustave Flaubert's *The Temptation of Saint Anthony*, perfectly capturing the Symbolist movement's love for mystery and the subconscious. Redon’s mastery of black and white, which he called his 'noirs,' creates an atmosphere where the boundary between the real and the imaginary completely dissolves.
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