Interpretation of Girl Before a Mirror
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At first glance, the Picasso painting, Girl Before a Mirror, looks like an odd painting of just that, a girl standing in front of a mirror looking at her reflection. But there must be some meaning to the painting. What is it? Is it depictiong a yound pregnant woman looking at how her body has changed? Or is it a young woman looking at her reflection and seeing what her mind has fooled her into thinking she looks like?
Looking at the girl and not the reflection, the woman appears to be pregnant. Her large belly protrudes over her thin waist, Her face is glowing as if she knows she is bringing a new life. The circle in her stomach is perhaps the womb in which the child is growing. She doesnt look sad or distrought in any way, she seems happy, pleased with the way she looks. The green coloring may be a symbol of new life, the red perhaps new blood...