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The 20th and 21st centuries dismantled the unified self entirely. Influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis, two world wars, and digital proliferation, artists began to portray humanity as multiple, performative, and even absent. Cubism, exemplified by Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon , fractures the human body into geometric shards, suggesting that identity is seen from several angles at once—no single viewpoint is privileged. Surrealism, such as Magritte’s The Son of Man , hides the face behind a floating apple, questioning whether the “true” self can ever be known.

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: Explores how engagement with the arts is a measurable tool for developing empathy and prosocial behavior. Understanding Humanities and Fine Arts (PDF) perspectives on humanity in the fine arts pdf