Vicious Circle | Jacek Malczewski | 1897 18th Century The scene captures the sorrowful

The scene captures the sorrowful parting between the Virgin Mary and Jesus before His Passion

puppet-like central figure with a knife

"The Dreamer" by Karl Wiener

Even though death is right next to him

The landscape is eerie and corpse-like

Vicious Circle | Jacek Malczewski | 1897 18th Century The scene captures the sorrowfulThe painting depicts a fantastic vision of human figures whirling dynamically in mid air in a magical circle. The artist represented himself as a pensive boy sitting on top of a stepladder above the titular vicious circle and holding a brush in his hand. He is surrounded by the naked bodies of Bacchantes; youths and elderly men personifying the feelings and imagination of a young artist. Paradoxically, they seem both real thanks to the painting's