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In our era of crises, comic books are tackling the problems of our times head-on. Culture magazine TWIST goes to the International Comics Festival in Angoulême, France.

Comic Books in Crisis Times

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At once seductive and dangerous, historical myth and male fantasy, the femme fatale represents both erotic promise and a death trap to the male observer. Conceived at the end of the 19th century in the works of Gustave Moreau, Franz von Stuck and Lovis Corinth, the femme fatale was completely reinvented in the 20th century by many female artists.

Seductive and dangerous, the figure of the femme fatale in art was completely reinvented in the 20th century.

The Femme Fatale in Art

With his wild hair, Jean Rondeau is a rock star of the harpsichord. Profile of the young French harpsichord player who is breathing new life into an instrument that is too often ignored.

Jean Rondeau and the Harpsichord

Did you know that the word digital comes from the Latin "digitalis" which means "the size of a finger"? We use it to talk about the digital world, because in the old days we used to count with our fingers! But what has this got to do with Leonardo da Vinci’s St John the Baptist?

St John the Baptist - Leonardo da Vinci

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From The Birth of Venus to sensual shampoo ads, it seems as if everyone has always been excited by the image of a wet woman... How weird is that?

Woman Bathing - Rembrandt

Goya died old, deaf and somewhat forgotten, but he was a pioneering artist of his time and a precursor to the artistic revolution of the 19t century.

La maja vestida - Francisco de Goya

In Christianity, women saints are usually young and beautiful, and they have to keep some old, powerful man at bay who won't take no for an answer, usually meeting a grisly end. Saint Agatha is no exception: According to legend her breasts were cut off with pliers as a torture.

Saint Agatha - Francisco de Zurbarán

Martyr usually meet grisly ends and Saint Agatha is no exception: According to legend her breasts were cut off with pliers as a torture.

We are in Greece, 5th century BC, in August and in the midst of the Greco-Persian wars. Xerxes and the Persian army are advancing towards Athens but they are met by Leonidas and his 300 Spartans who decide to fight to the death at Thermopylae. Does Jacques Louis David’s painting of the Spartans contain a hint of homoeroticism?

Leonidas at Thermopylae - Jacques-Louis David

Does Jacques Louis David’s painting of the Spartans contain a hint of homoeroticism?

The painter Artemisia Gentileschi was rediscovered in the 1970s by pioneers of gender studies in art. A simple question arose: why are so few great masters women?

Judith and Holofernes - Artemisia Gentileschi

Probably inspired by the Mona Lisa, the great renaissance artist Raphael painted this portrait of a young woman. But why is she holding a mythical beast in her hands?

Young Women with Unicorn - Raphael

Probably inspired by the Mona Lisa, the great renaissance artist Raphael painted this portrait of a young woman, but why is she holding a mythical beast in her hands?

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Comic Books in Crisis Times

The Femme Fatale in Art

Jean Rondeau and the Harpsichord

Look But Don't Touch

St John the Baptist - Leonardo da Vinci

Look But Don't Touch

Woman Bathing - Rembrandt

Look But Don't Touch

La maja vestida - Francisco de Goya

Look But Don't Touch

Saint Agatha - Francisco de Zurbarán

Look But Don't Touch

Leonidas at Thermopylae - Jacques-Louis David

Look But Don't Touch

Judith and Holofernes - Artemisia Gentileschi

Look But Don't Touch

Young Women with Unicorn - Raphael

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Twist

Comic Books in Crisis Times

The Femme Fatale in Art

Jean Rondeau and the Harpsichord

Look But Don't Touch

St John the Baptist - Leonardo da Vinci

Look But Don't Touch

Woman Bathing - Rembrandt

Look But Don't Touch

La maja vestida - Francisco de Goya

Look But Don't Touch

Saint Agatha - Francisco de Zurbarán

Look But Don't Touch

Leonidas at Thermopylae - Jacques-Louis David

Look But Don't Touch

Judith and Holofernes - Artemisia Gentileschi

Look But Don't Touch

Young Women with Unicorn - Raphael

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