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2019-06-30

(Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergere (Getty Center Exhibitions)から)

[…] the conversation that many have assumed was transpiring between the barmaid and gentleman is revealed to be an optical trick—the man stands outside the painter’s field of vision, to the left, and looks away from the barmaid, rather than standing right in front of her. The barmaid’s frontality is also deceptive. Rather than standing parallel to the bar and looking straight ahead, she stands slightly askance, facing the offset viewpoint.

Most ironically, the reflected edge of the bar, which in an offset view would tilt more acutely to the right, is revealed to be a visual decoy, leading us to believe that the vanishing point lies directly behind the barmaid. Thus, the paintings most obvious perspectival clue turns out to be its most subversive perspectival violation.

Dr Malcom Park

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Painting titled "Pauline" by the Scottish artist Herbert James Gunn, depicting a sunny seaside scene. (1928)

Why does the Prague pride parade happen in august = two months after pride month why does my dumbass backwards ass country have to be so behind on everything

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the type of shit josh was on in 2023

#or technically his entire life but in 2023 his sick word play fetish finally got fully exposed #mp

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Still Life with Foxgloves and Ferns , Digitalis - Martha Darley Mutrie

British , 1824-1885

Oil on canvas , 102 x 85 cm.

This type of shoe drives me batshit and I know i csnt be the first person being confused by this but I don’t understand how ppl wear them or who thought this would be a good shoe design choice bc the human foot looks like this (left) and not like this (right)

I drew this helpful chart myself btw do you like it Yes

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The fact that you can’t go out dressed all skimpy and cute without men staring at you and trying to flirt with you and thinking you’re dressing like that for their attention is gonna make me kill a lot of ppl very soon and very violently I think

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