In its further literary interpretations (“Metamorphoses”, by Ovid) the ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion, the sculptor, symbolizes the true inspiration of an artist and the one who apperceives the work of art. The transformation of the marble statue is a clear allegory which drives the reader to various reflections on the metaphysics of a work of art and the external reality. The issue is highly contradictory.

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