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fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Thomas Gainsborough's Portraits of Pride and Prejudice

Gainsborough's paintings aestheticize social hierarchy through fashion and landscape, making wealth and ownership appear beautiful and natural while obscuring their colonial and enslaved labor foundations.
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fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Velvet, rank and rebellion: Revisiting Thomas Gainsborough's world of art at the Frick Collection | amNewYork

Gainsborough's portraits staged Georgian power through clothing, lineage, and painterly technique to construct and preserve social status and family reputation.
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