More than a tincture, I'd say! Talk about the male gaze... And notice how few of the women have their lips parted? There's actually one self-portrait by a French woman around the time of the French Revolution and it's one of the first paintings to depict a woman smiling with her mouth open - but the mouth is shut for this. (Can't remember the name of the artist but we did a bit on her and that self-portrait in OU summer school for the Intro to the Arts course.)
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Date: 2007-06-04 10:58 pm (UTC)