Domestic art

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an old advertisement for steon's home quicker with a woman holding a child

Let us have homes crowned with the clambering vine, amid the cooling shade of trees, surrounded with the verdant lawn, with pendant berries, with golden fruits, and cluster of purple grapes. Homes graced with pictures, refined by books, and gladdened with song. Homes in which there shall be no scorching blasts of passion, no polar storms of coldness and hate. Homes in which the wife and mother shall not lose all her attractive charms by unremitting drudgery and toil, nor the husband starve…

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a man in a suit and tie standing next to a woman holding a bouquet of flowers

The three witches "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair," Act 1 Scene 1. An extremely famous quote in Shakespeare's work and also one of the main themes in Macbeth. One could say that the quotes mean that first appearances can often be deceptive, things are not what they seem to be at first. But it also hints that not all good things are necessarily fair, and not all foul things are necessarily bad.

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a woman holding a child while reading a book

William Sergeant Kendall (1869- 1938), was an American painter, most famous for his evocative scenes of domestic life; his wife and three young daughters were frequent subjects in his early work. Oil on canvas, Seattle Art Museum. Many thanks to mbell1975 for the generous permission to use his fine photograph: www.flickr.com/photos/mbell1975/10161984154/in/photolist-...

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a painting of two people sitting on a porch next to each other and one person pointing at something

This sunbathed painting will light up your room. Sundblom's painting technique has freedom and quick energy in his paint application. His subjects are bathed in late afternoon light and are depicted at a peak moment of drama as they engage in a homey discussion. Every brush stroke carries a lot of information as the artists describes shapes and forms with a flick of the wrist. In person, this work commands the viewer attention. The bright sunflower yellows and warm pinks make it striking to…

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