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The Nut Gatherers, 1882 William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Port Manech, 1896 Henry Moret
Self Portrait, 1794 French painter Jacques-Louis David suffered, due to a fencing incident, from sword wounds to his face and mouth, visible in this self portrait. The scars near his mouth eventually caused an asymmetry in his facial expression and made it difficult to eat and talk. There are also records of a facial “growth” or swelling, but David may have been so self conscious of his disfigurement that he did not portray the full extent of it in his self portrait. Source
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earthg: “Rendezvous on Rue de Mont Cenis” by Evgeny Lushpic
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Palais de la Préfecture, Nice, France, c. 1890 (photomechanical print)
Montreal by Ir Po
Today is Bastille Day, or, as it is more commonly called in France, le quatorze juillet. It is France’s independence day, and it commemorates the storming and destruction of the Bastille prison in 1789, which marks the beginning of the French Revolution. Though the Bastille held only seven prisoners at the time, its capture symbolizes the monarchy’s loss of power. Today, France celebrates Bastille Day with military airshows, parades, musical performances, dances, and fireworks. So wear your bleu, blanc, and rouge!
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theoddmentemporium: There is no hair more iconic, perhaps, than Marie Antoinette’s elaborately curled and beribboned wigs. Her daringly avant-garde style and her love of fashion took Versailles by storm, and the ladies of court were constantly trying to emulate the Queen’s frequently changing coiffure. As young aristocrats in the 18th Century, women (although in a position of social power) were obviously not in a position to express themselves freely or assertively. Perhaps the young Queen of France used her love of fashion as a way of expressing herself when in all other areas (marriage, politics) she was rather a lost soul. One of the most well known trends of this period was for miniature models of war ships to be placed upon rolling waves of curls, in celebration of French Navy victories against the British.
svell: Pierre Auguste Renoir, The Reader, 1876.
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