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Why would you say that?
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Isn't it obvious he knew
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the Armenians were about to be
massacred? He went to America
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to prepare a life
for his family.
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They wanted to send him
a photograph
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to let him know
they're still alive.
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There's nothing challenging...
- Gorky never understood
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why his father did not return.
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- Celia, just sit down. Come on.
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- Aren't you confusing Gorky's
father with your dead husband?
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I mean, your first dead husband.
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The one who was shot
by the police. The terrorist.
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- Sit down.
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Sit down. We're here
to listen to this lecture.
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- Let's go.
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- 'The Artist and His Mother'
is not simply a painted version
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of a photograph.
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The differences underline
the expressive elements
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that make this piece
such a powerful
:20:04
work of art.
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Gorky's homage to his mother was
bound to take on sacred quality.
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His experience as a survivor
of the Armenian genocide
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is at the root
of its spiritual power.
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With this painting, Gorky had
saved his mother from oblivion,
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snatching her
out of a pile of corpses
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to place her
on a pedestal of life.