honestly the bold determination and ambition in the glares from de lempicka portraits are the 20th century equivalent of the expression of "divine ecstasy" found in earlier hagiographic art 
cancel me if you must, but the spirit of sensuality and decadence, drive and discernment, that's visible in the eyes of her subjects perfectly captures this 20th/21st century ideal of independence, ambition, and personal liberation!
by all means, literally end my life if u disagree but IMO the shift from finding power and hope in god to finding power and hope in oneself is evident!
goddamn twitter crop really phoned this one in tho huh