The Broken Column | Frida Kahlo | 1944 Giulio Romano completed in 1816

completed in 1816

Flaming June (1895) by Frederic Leighton is a luminous portrayal of a young woman asleep on a marble bench

with the mountain bathed in ethereal pinks

highlighting the moral decay and loss of individuality brought on by the relentless pursuit of wealth

The Broken Column | Frida Kahlo | 1944 Giulio Romano completed in 1816About the artwork: The Broken Column by Frida Kahlo (1944) is a deeply personal and harrowing portrayal of pain and resilience. Created during a period when Kahlo was confined to a steel corset due to her deteriorating spinal condition, the painting depicts her semi nude body split open, revealing a cracked ionic column as a replacement for her spine. The column symbolizes her physical fragility, while the barren, fractured landscape surrounding her