This special exhibition, The Invention of Privacy, is part of the 80th anniversary of the Marmottan Foundation. This foundation operates the Marmottan Musem in Paris which houses the world’s largest collection of Monet paintings bequeathed to the Museum by his son, and the biggest collection of paintings by Berthe Marmisot, the first woman painter of the impressionist movement. While those works were special to see, I found this exhibition and its entire concept fascinating. Would anyone but the French think to mount an exhibit that traces the concept of personal privacy from the Renaissance to the present day?
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I know it’s men doing the art work but weren’t any of them gay? Where are the portraits of MEN bathing or dressing? Seems odd to me that male perception of female personal privacy (which they are espying (at best) or staging (probably typical) or imagining (least factual)) would be fraught with error and conflict.
Still, as you write, pretty fascinating. Thanks for the images, Barbara. Viva la France!
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The men were conspicuously absent. I purchased a book about the exhibit which I will loan you if you are interested. It does not show all the artworks, but the text traces the changing attitudes.
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