Vulgar words in Six Centuries of Painting (Page 1)

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buffoon x 3
make love x 1
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In this last he incurred strictures from the Inquisition more severe than those of Kugler upon Tintoretto's _Last Supper_, and possibly with as much reason, it being objected that the introduction of German soldiery, buffoons, and a parrot was "irreligious."

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To this period are assigned twenty-six pictures--Senor Beruete only admits the authenticity of eighty-three in all, it may be mentioned--twelve of which are royal portraits, seven those of buffoons and dwarfs, three mythological and two sacred subjects, and the two famous pieces of real life, _Las Meninas_ and _Las Hilanderas_.

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A boisterous, merry party of about seventy persons are assembled in front of a country ale-house; several are wildly dancing in a circle, others are drinking and shouting; others, again, are making love.

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Especially when instead of dwarfs, buffoons, and idiots, the English Court contained some exceedingly fine material besides the royal family for the artist to exercise his talent upon.

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In the former I soon found that blockheads with better memories would soon surpass me, but for the latter I was particularly distinguished.

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Whistler wrote, "What a sad state the slut is in, an these gentlemen shall help her.

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