Natalia Gontcharova raging against the machine since 1881

Western Art

I Am Opening Up The East

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“Now I shake the dust from my feet and leave the West, considering its vulgarizing significance trivial and unimportant - my path is toward the source of all arts, the East.” What does Gontcharova mean here when she refers to the East?

Natalia Gontcharova raging against the machine since 1881