Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoItaly refuses Munich museum’s request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitlerwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkItaly refuses Munich museum’s request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitlerwww.nbcnews.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareFIash Mob #5678@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI visited The Met recently, and I’m reasonably sure Washington Crossing the Delaware originated in the US.
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoIt’s actually German, lmao, though the artist grew up in America.
minus-squareFIash Mob #5678@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-27 months agoOh, wow. I was not aware of that, but appreciate the info. If you ever see the real thing it has the most grotesque, masturbatory Trumpist American gilded frame.
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoI didn’t know that of the top of my head, I just vaguely remembered something about it and WW2, so I google the painting. Strangely enough, that’s how I’ve always imagined it.
minus-squareFIash Mob #5678@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoYeah, when I was standing in front of it it occurred to me that this was one of the most vulgarly nationalistic things I’ve ever seen.
I visited The Met recently, and I’m reasonably sure Washington Crossing the Delaware originated in the US.
It’s actually German, lmao, though the artist grew up in America.
Oh, wow.
I was not aware of that, but appreciate the info. If you ever see the real thing it has the most grotesque, masturbatory Trumpist American gilded frame.
I didn’t know that of the top of my head, I just vaguely remembered something about it and WW2, so I google the painting.
Strangely enough, that’s how I’ve always imagined it.
Yeah, when I was standing in front of it it occurred to me that this was one of the most vulgarly nationalistic things I’ve ever seen.