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Et in Arcadia ego: a standalone construct

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Art history

the motto and theme, as in Poussin, in which death is present even in Arcadia, read by Panofsky as a shift toward elegiac meaning.

In art history, Et in Arcadia ego refers to the motto and theme, as in Poussin, in which death is present even in Arcadia, read by Panofsky as a shift toward elegiac meaning. This meaning comes from Panofsky (1955) in Meaning in the Visual Arts: Papers In and On Art History.[1]

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Panofsky, E. (1955). Meaning in the Visual Arts: Papers In and On Art History. Penguin. ISBN 9783770138203

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