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Éclat 6

Oct 18, 2019 - Martha Friedel

My title “Éclat” comes from the French and means “shiny”, “brighter”, “appearing” – and “to cause a sensation” in German. In French it is positive and in German it is negative. The meaning is representative of the tension between the subjective feeling and the prevailing ideal of beauty.