Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… 17029, 1810. Image George Stubbs, ‘Two Leopards’, Wikimedia Commons, 1776. Image Philip Mercier, ‘Girl with a Tray’, The State Hermitage Museum, ГЭ-10438, 1750. Image George Stubbs, ‘The Kongouro from New Holland’, Wikimedia Commons, 1772. … of urban sociability fostering dialogue and human relationships without the restrictions of family, society and the state. According to Habermas, the coffeehouse represents a medium for the formation of bourgeois public opinion. 11 The …
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