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History of Art

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge (1730s) by Canaletto. This painting depicts Venice's business and commercial center. The distant building with an arcade at ground level and many chimneys is the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, which served as the warehouse of German merchants. Just to the right is the foot of the Rialto Bridge, and further to the right is the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi.

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A scenic view of the Grand Canal in Venice features gondolas and boats gliding through the water, with historic buildings lining the canal under a clear, blue sky.
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c4th century intricately carved stucco niche of the Future #Buddha (Maitreya, #Bodhisattva) in a Pensive state, probably worried as much as us about Donald Trump's world-shaking Trade Policies!

This stucco from the Ancient region of #Gandhara of present day #Afghanistan / #Pakistan was sold by Sotheby on 20th March, 2025 for US$ 50,800

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Women From History BOT
~ The history of marriage, Arranged marriage part III ~

In some communities, especially in rural parts of the Middle East and South Asia, a woman who refuses to go through with an arranged marriage is suspected of any kind of "immoral" behavior that may be considered to have dishonored her entire family. Male relatives may be ridiculed, and any of the woman's siblings may find it impossible to enter into a marriage. In these cases, killing the woman is a way for the family to enforce the institution of arranged marriages. Unlike cases of domestic violence, honor killings are often done publicly.

Arranged marriages have been categorized into three groups :

Forced arranged marriage: parents or guardians select, the individuals are neither consulted nor have any say before the marriage

Consensual arranged marriage: parents or guardians select, then the individuals are consulted, who consider and consent, and each individual has the power to refuse; sometimes, the individuals meet – in a family setting or privately – before engagement and marriage as in shidduch custom among Orthodox Jews

Self-selected marriage: individuals select, then parents or guardians are consulted, who consider and consent, and where parents or guardians have the power of veto.

Illustration : After the Reception, by Douglas Volk

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Illustration : After the Reception, by Douglas Volk
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Women From History BOT
~ The history of marriage, Arranged marriage part II ~

Until the first half of the 20th century, arranged marriages were common in migrant families in the United States. They were sometimes called "picture-bride marriages" among Japanese-American immigrants because the bride and groom knew each other only through the exchange of photographs before the day of their marriage.

These marriages among immigrants were typically arranged by relatives from the country of their origin. As immigrants settled in and melded into a new culture, arranged marriages shifted first to quasi-arranged marriages where parents or friends made introductions and the couple met before the marriage; over time, the marriages among the descendants of these immigrants shifted to autonomous marriages driven by individual's choice.

Arranged marriages have declined in countries where forced marriages were politically outlawed (for example in Imperial Russia or Japan) or in a prosperous countries with more social mobility and increasing individualism; nevertheless, arranged marriages might still be seen in countries of Europe and North America, among royal families, aristocrats and minority religious groups such as in placement marriage among Fundamentalist Mormon groups of the United States.

Illustration : Unequal Marriage, by Vasili Pukirev

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Illustration : Unequal Marriage, by Vasili Pukirev
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