Paintings; Allusions; Anti-Americanism; Politics & government; Political issues; Capitalism; Imperialism; Wealth; Corruption; Poverty; Emigration & immigration; Social classes; Economic & social conditions; Domestic life; Child labor;...
"This enormous, collage-like painting is crammed with anti-American allusions. An electric chair sits on the plinth at the top center (the Rosenbergs were electrocuted as Russian spies in 1953). A GI nonchalantly reads a pornographic magazine....
"The Villa Farnesina, which some scholars think was built by Agrippa in 21 B.C. to celebrate his marriage to Julia, daughter of the emperor Augustus, displayed one of the most refined examples of Roman domestic decoration. It is dated to the...