Henry Adams, Virgin And The Dy

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January 13, 2016

 

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The only sculptures and paintings of women that Adams viewed with understanding were those like the Virgin Mary, who was always seen as non-sexual. For example, "America was ashamed of her?have strewn fig-leaves so profusely all over her" (Adams, 384). However, during this time of the technology revolution, women were beginning to be viewed differently, especially in Europe...
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Women were viewed as beautiful and mortal beings. People such as Rodin were representing women in paintings and sculptures sexually. Sex was becoming something more than just a means of reproduction. Suddenly Adams was far, far away from his Puritan custom-bound life. People were no longer motivated by religion, being saved by God, and going to heaven; science, technology, money, and power had taken over the drives of man...
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