When we look into the past, an important question is whose eyes we are seeing through. In the case of documents like letters and annual reports, often we know the author and in many cases we can put together some salient facts about their lives that allow us to understand their perspective. With art, we are somewhere in between: we often know the artist’s identity and can make educated guesses about their perspective, but it is easy to think of visual representations as somewhat objective …

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