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But sociopathy is a superpower. He's dumb and yet he's beaten everyone, including some very smart people. The rest of us are limited by a conscience.
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Thanks, Denise!
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In the U.S., anything someone creates is automatically copyrighted. Publication of someone else's creation, including on social media, requires permission from the creator; it's not sufficient to provide credit.
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Gérôme traveled widely in the Middle East; more than two-thirds of his paintings are devoted to Orientalist subjects.
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... face Mecca during one of the five daily prayers. It is unlikely, however, that Gérôme witnessed a service at this particular mosque, which had fallen into disuse by 1868. Rather, the image is probably a composite of sketches and photographs of various sites. /2
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From The Met: Gérôme painted this scene, which depicts the interior of the seventh-century mosque of ‘Amr in Cairo, after his visit to Egypt in 1868. The rows of worshipers, ranging from the dignitary and his attendants to the loincloth-clad Muslim holy man ... /1
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Recent scholarship suggests that Kaufmann’s scene may have been inspired by a different cultural narrative—an 1859 work, produced in Brazil, by the French painter, Francois-Auguste Biard. /end
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As a Union soldier in the American Civil War, he may have seen Confederate troops retreating with enslaved men, leaving behind women and children. Here, his portrayal of a group of fleeing figures indicates the lack of a clear route to liberty. /2
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From The Met: Before coming to the United States in 1850, the German-born Kaufmann studied painting in Düsseldorf and Munich and fought in the 1848 popular uprisings in favor of German national unity. /1