"In the end the art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling classes, and such a justification can no longer make sense in modern terms"(Berger 11). ... What is obvious to the eye and sensibility is often dismissed, and a deeper meaning is sought after. ... He completed the "Allegory of Taste" over a two year period starting in 1617, along with four other paintings, each named after a different sense (Rutgers 36). ... As the name of the series suggests, each painting...

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It probably appealed to her artistic nature in the sense that it was dramatic and a somewhat "dream-like" role. ... She could allow her own artistic sensibilities to take that backseat because she knew she was making a difference on a humanitarian level, and there was no room for other forms of expression. ...

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