stackyFACTSThose dramatic, violently yellow and orange sunsets in early nineteenth-century European art weren't just stylistic choices. Painters were actually documenting the heavily polluted atmosphere caused by a massive volcanic eruption thousands of miles away.
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Apparently, nineteenth-century crowds had zero respect for curated exhibits. Patrons routinely poked holes in canvases with their umbrellas or chipped pieces…
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