Domestic Life
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From furniture and tapestries to bowls and baskets, art has figured prominently in domestic life for thousands of years. Within the space of the home-be it a palace or a hut-aesthetically and culturally significant objects have fulfilled purposes both mundane (e.g., storage and service) and transcendent (e.g., the facilitation of prayer). Moreover, the activities and events taking place within these domestic spaces have been the inspiration for countless artists. Their depictions of everyday life are best understood as complex documents melding real-world observations with ideal social expectations.
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