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It was only in the 1890s, past the age of fifty, that Redon underwent his now-legendary chromatic awakening, abandoning black and white for the jewel-toned pastels and oils for which he is now best loved. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Heart (The Buddha) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebelongs to this luminous second act, painted with the glowing oranges, mossy greens and midnight blues that became his signature palette.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eRedon was fascinated by the idea that art might do what religion so often fails to: unite rather than divide. In this piece, he merges the bowed, veiled head of a Madonna-like figure with the radiant chest of the Buddha, whose heart blazes outward in threads of crimson and gold. The work draws direct inspiration from Édouard Schuré's 1889 book \u003cem\u003eThe Great Initiates: A Study of the Secret History of Religions\u003c\/em\u003e, in which the French philosopher argued that the world's great spiritual traditions share a common thread: that the soul endures, that mind outlasts matter, and that every human is capable of profound spiritual growth. 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