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"title": "D\u00fcrer's Women: Images of Devotion and Desire",
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"title": "Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit",
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"description": "Balancing an hourglass on his head, Death stalks this fashionable couple strolling in the countryside. When D\u00fcrer created this print, figures of Death were moral reminders that life was brief, and they were also associated with the dangers of carnal desire. The improper placement of the man\u2019s sword betrays his dishonorable intentions, while the woman\u2019s bonnet signifies her married status. Their liaison is not innocent, but one of sinful infidelity.",
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"citation": "Cowan, Dana. \u201cD\u00fcrer\u2019s Women: Printmaking, feminine authority, and the communication of ideas.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 54, no. 4 (July/August 2014): 10-11.",
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