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I am curious about Boilly’s decision to paint what looks like the objects on his desk, since most of his paintings appear to be morally effusive portraits. Why the change in subject matter?

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Several paintings here are highly orientalist and even disturbing. I am interested to see how cultural appropriation and racism play out in these types of paintings, and to what effect.

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The sources are all listed if you zoom in. This post features Cassat and the Four Seasons paintings, as well as other must-sees. I liked the setup of the four seasons and how they were intended to function as a whole, and were credited as one work on four canvasses. I wonder if they could be easily and correctly identified by their respective season without the giant words? Does that add or take away from the work?

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Art as political propoganda had mixed success; here worked better as reflection and homage rather than ignition of action.

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A history of cultural appropriation and systems of oppression foreshadowed and reflected in the artwork of the time