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upside down and surrounded by chaotic mess of menacing figures, barbs, chains, and specters of death extending their devastation to the entire space of the canvas. At the bottom of the central panel, a figure with outreached arms envelopes the entire scene, as if to embrace all of the players in light.
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The concept of travesties committed against families as their homes were razed (and experience Kanso understood first-hand) is analyzed in the right-hand panel. The hope for the future of a war-torn country is devoured in the form of a central figure dangling an infant and a child above a ritualistic
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where a mindless force compels corpses to feed like mindless puppets. Rather, these zombies appear malicious and precise with their tortures. It is suggested by some art critics that the depicted woman "personifies
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floats above the victim, stabbing it with a long spear. The victim mirrors his assailant, yellow, gaunt, and sporting an identical weapon. Below the jaundiced loser of the battle is a child, weeping and shielding itself from the vision. In one sense of the scene, we witness brother fighting against
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with multiple sets of arms and legs suspended in chains and barbed wire. Thick black lines dominate Kanso's work and the presence of chains and barbed wire are common as well. The goddess figure is pulled apart by demons who appear hungry and bloodthirsty. These villainous figures resemble zombies,
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to the causes of each side of the war when we see a demon eating more children in the bottom left corner. There is form of a weeping mother presiding over the disconcerting scene. Across from the maternal figure, Kanso depicts a forest in rare form, using green. The artist rarely used the verdant
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The left panels depicts two skeletons with long spines made of the redundant thick black lines, framing the section. They laugh, mockingly. An infant's head, wailing in sadness, serves as a backdrop, constantly reminding us of the loss of
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