Smiles in art history were associated with peasants, imbeciles, and drunks, while proper society kept their expressions stoic and lips 'buttoned'.
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun challenged the norm by warming expressionless faces with smiles, becoming the official artist of Queen Marie-Antoinette and a rare female member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture.
#art-history #elisabeth-vigee-le-brun #academie-royale-de-peinture-et-de-sculpture #portrait-painting #social-norms
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