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Graphic Design

Emiliya Volchenko

From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue

Graphic Design
2025
Accompanying the posters is a book that mimics classical exhibition catalogues, highlighting the objectified representation of women in Salon paintings from the 17th to 19th centuries. The same female figures reappear throughout, categorized by themes like “Figures in Motion” and “Bathing”, offering historical context and reinforcing objectified patterns in art history.

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From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue
From Classical Art: Illustrated Catalogue

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Emiliya Volchenko aka. who.is.miaaa

Graphic Design

“This work begins with a question that has haunted the history of visual culture: Why do the same images of women, passive, perfected, and posed, continue to repeat across centuries? By tracing a...” [More]

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