Home/Symbols/Glass-like tears / tear-shaped eyesGlass-like tears / tear-shaped eyes SymbolismMaterialized grief; turns emotion into hard, iconic forms that cannot be soothed away.Common ThemesLoss, grief, and consolationMimesis vs. abstraction (truth vs. artifice)The double/doppelgängerWar & conflictChristian iconographyGrief & mourningArtworks Featuring This SymbolThe Weeping WomanPablo Picasso (1937)Picasso’s The Weeping Woman turns private mourning into a public, <strong>iconic emblem of civilian grief</strong>. Shattered planes, <strong>acidic greens and purples</strong>, and jewel-like tears force the viewer to feel the fracture of perception that follows trauma <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
