Mary Shelley

Rebellious Daughters of History #21 by Judy Cox Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Mary Shelley was the daughter of the radical philosopher William Godwin and the famous feminists, Mary Wollstonecraft who died days after Mary’s birth. Mary grew up with five semi-related siblings in an unconventional but intellectually electric household. At the age of 16, Mary eloped […]

The Problem of Pablo Picasso

Introduction   Picasso poses a problem for the supporters of Marxist-Leninist view of socialist art. What ideology – both subjectively and objectively – did he represent? What are the advocates of realism in the arts to make of Picasso’s love of gross anatomical distortions? How do most people react to his, perhaps most famous work […]