The furrowed face : the depiction of the elderly in painting, England and the United States, 1870-1910
Old age has always evoked diametrically opposed opinions. On the one hand, the elderly are respected, regarded as benevolent repositories of wisdom and comfort; on the other, they are considered as decrepit vestiges of life, who pointlessly linger on, wasting the world for the vibrant and useful. Th...
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Oxford Brookes University
2017
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