Tag: marriage in history
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Delicious Dolls and Reluctant Brides: Forced Marriage in Nineteenth Century Art
We can learn a lot about a culture from their art. What do the people value? What stories do they tell? When we answer those questions, we learn a lot about an era. Nineteenth-century portrait artist Auguste Toulmouche was known for his paintings of beautiful, indolent women. In fact, Émile Zola (an author and playwright…