Figures 

Periklis Vyzantios captured this image, titled "Figures", using oil paint on canvas. Here we see symbols of status and formality—the top hats and dark coats hark back to earlier eras of bourgeois society. The attire suggests a world of social rituals, of class distinctions and hierarchies, a world obsessed with the theater. The formal attire, with its roots in traditions, also mirrors the attire found in religious ceremonies. It is like a secular echo of garments worn by priests and dignitaries. The attire points to the human need to create systems of power, whether in the church or the theater. It speaks to our collective subconscious need for order. These symbols, though adapted and secularized, still retain an emotional weight, a somberness that echoes the gravity of earlier, sacred forms. The human need for ritual and performance evolves, yet always remains.