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Photograph by Jacqueline Thurston, Hathor as Goddess of Love ("Sacred Deities of Ancient Egypt series," Cibachrome photographic print, 2009). The image illustrates the distinct direction and medium of the artwork Jacqueline Thurston produced in the 2000s after she turned to photography, research and writing focused on the mythology and iconography of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. The image belongs to her "Sacred Deities of Ancient Egypt series" photographic series and book. It depicts a detail from a pantheon monument of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, who exemplified the culture's conception of femininity through the dual aspects of sexuality and maternal care, among other qualities. This body of work and individual piece were publicly exhibited in prominent exhibitions and discussed by critics and curators in major art journals, daily press publications and at various museums.

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Yes. The image will not affect the commercial value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.

The image has contextual significance in that it serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating the artwork of a distinct period and medium in Jacqueline Thurston's career from 2006 to the 2020s, when she turned to photographic series and writing that examined the mythology and iconography of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. The photographs were taken of monuments in the Egyptian pantheon with a handheld camera, without access to a tripod or a flash. They were interpretive portraits depicting feminine figures, in detail or in full, that explored such subjects as the archetypal nature and interrelatedness of the divine feminine and divine masculine, the presence of dualities and paradoxes within single Egyptian deities, and their relationship to the multiplicity of the human personality. Thurston also conducted research and wrote a book on the subject. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to understand this key late period and distinct body of work, as well as the narrative trajectory of her career. This work brought Thurston new recognition through exhibitions, presentations, coverage by major critics and publications and museum acquisitions. Thurston's work of this type and this specific work and series are discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Jacqueline Thurston, nor could one be created to serve this purpose, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image use is minimal in that the whole image must be used to properly represent the art—a partial usage would misrepresent it. Further, because the artist produced very distinct bodies of work in terms of medium, subject and aesthetic, this image is required to accurately convey a significant and highly relevant period of her career.