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May 12, 2017
Mid-Morning Open Thread
The Storm
Pierre-Auguste Cot
[H/T Jacinthe Des Bois]
There are all sorts of competing ideas in this work. The innocence and sweetness in the faces of the two is in contrast to the barely hidden sexuality of the girl, and the horn (with its obvious connotation) on the hip of the boy.
Or maybe it's just a very nicely executed painting of an interesting scene.