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Restoration reports show that Palma Vecchio’s “Woman at a Window” was drastically altered to make it more acceptable to the morality of an audience long after Vecchio’s generation was passed. The woman in the painting actually had rich blonde hair. Her jawline had been adjusted and her nipples covered. Her eyes, which could have been the most expressive part of the portrait, had also been altered. These changes almost made the subject an entirely different person. In the original image of the woman, her more prominent breasts, distant stare, and appearance by the window implied that she might have been a prostitute. This explains why her mere presence was socially unacceptable and had to be altered in the painting.

Cicero, in Pro Publio Sestio. He would probably be amused to find today he is the antiquity that we study! (via historical-nonfiction)

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After the Superhydrophobic Street Art, which uses a superhydrophobic coating to create designs which appear only in the rain, here is the Project Monsoon, which uses the same concept, this time with hydrochromic painting, which reveals its color only when wet. This amazing and clever project was designed by a Korean team of designers, in collaboration with Pantone, to provide color to the streets of Seoul during the rainy season, while paying tribute to the Korean culture. A brilliant idea! Source: ufunk 

Writer: Marcela Jacobina

Writer: Marcela Jacobina

Caption Source | Meet the Elephants |  Park Website

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