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redditurus_est t1_jcla6n3 wrote

Reply to comment by Idaho_Cowboy in [Image] We need to realise this. by RutbaIsBored

Well it shows class differences and the ignorance of the lower class to this fact. So actually quite fitting.

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Patrizsche t1_jclsnq2 wrote

You got that from this?

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redditurus_est t1_jcmhbw1 wrote

This interpretation actually isn't too far off. The clothing heavily implies class and Carl Spitzweg, the painter of "Der Antiquar" said about the painting that, "everybody has his throne", meaning that the antiquarian is so absorbed in his old books that he doesn't even notice the upper class ladies with very risque back-decolletés for their time. So while the artist viewed it in a more romantic way (fitting for his time and art style) a more left leaning interpretation is also possible here. Source.

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just_yall t1_jcm0e0s wrote

You may need to google Rosa Luxemburg

Edit, autocorrect

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FriendlyLurker9001 t1_jcm29ig wrote

The fact that you said to Google Rosa Luxemburg supports the previous comment regarding how absurd it is to pull that meaning from a painting that had absolutely nothing to do with the topic

You can pull that meaning from the quote, but the painting still has nothing to do with it

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