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"The Sense of Smell," painted ~1744 to 1747 by Philippe Mercier

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This painting is interesting to me because the title and the image seems to imply a pretty simple piece of art, yet I feel like there is more to it than that. I couldn't find anything suggesting that anything else is being symbolized in this painting. But I feel like the hunting has something to do with it. The reason for thinking this is because the women do not look at the audience, instead they're looking at the men, while the men don't look at the women but rather look at us. This is a little strange to me and I wonder... is it the men who are hunting or is it the women?

What do you think is happening in this painting. Do you see any symbolism I might've missed?

Thanks for watching and learning about this beautiful painting with me! ❤
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@BrusheswithAntiquity

5 days ago

"The Sense of Smell," painted ~1744 to 1747 by Philippe Mercier

Short background 👇
This painting is interesting to me because the title and the image seems to imply a pretty simple piece of art, yet I feel like there is more to it than that. I couldn't find anything suggesting that anything else is being symbolized in this painting. But I feel like the hunting has something to do with it. The reason for thinking this is because the women do not look at the audience, instead they're looking at the men, while the men don't look at the women but rather look at us. This is a little strange to me and I wonder... is it the men who are hunting or is it the women?

What do you think is happening in this painting. Do you see any symbolism I might've missed?

Thanks for watching and learning about this beautiful painting with me! ❤

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@FoxtrotMouse

5 days ago

Maybe it symbolizes the "wandering eye" men are portrayed as having? Like, they're looking at other potential women (the viewer) even while being courted.

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@harpervaldez-i8b

5 days ago

It's brings to us the question, "who am I behind the canvas?"

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@ExploreWithVita

5 days ago

Some crazy sideeye 😅

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@shoroqrafi6069

5 days ago

Even the dog is smelling a dead bird, and is looking at us.😂

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@oliviaanne2468

5 days ago

The men definitely know something we don’t know.

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@lissamu6537

21 hours ago

This study on the five senses seems to imply that behind the civilized and polished ways there is nature at work, something instinctive and sexual in nature. The eyes are inviting us to acknowledge what the painter knows and that we as spectators cannot ignore.

I had to look a the whole painting to see that there is also a dog smelling a dead prey. This makes the analogy clearer. The men are there but they are also carried elsewhere and their eyes show this. There might be something ambivalent in human nature, both the refined side and a more animal and instinctive side that can easily overpower it.

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@BeateMeisel

5 days ago

Könnte das Bild Teil eine Serie sein, wie: Die fünf Sinne?

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@paynomind90

5 days ago

Those are some pretty low cut blouses. The men are giving it their all to not look.

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@lorierush6561

4 days ago

Well melons you know . And giving someone a flower. Or maybe I just have a dirty mind.

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@MarieLynnLewis

3 days ago

Is it posible them staring is pointing at sexual innuendo? That's my interpretation

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@dominickking320

5 days ago

Feels…..”grapy” ngl

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@Flavius-Timasius

5 days ago

SOOO DEEEP OH MY GODD SO DEEEP

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