1. Late Renaissance
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2. The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode. William Hogarth. c
The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode. William Hogarth. c C.E. Oil on canvas.
Describe the content. What do you see in the painting?

3. “Face to face”, refers to a private conversation between two people
“Face to face”, refers to a private conversation between two people. This work is also called Shortly after the Marriage.
In this, the second in the series of paintings, the marriage of the Viscount and the merchant's daughter is quickly unraveling.
The clock on the wall, far right, shows that it is past midday.
The tired wife, who appears to have given a card party the previous evening, is at breakfast in the couple's expensive house, which is now in disarray.
The woman is sitting with a smile as she stretches. Her legs are open, alluding to sexuality. She may have spent the night with her lover.
The Viscount returns exhausted from a night spent away from home, probably at a brothel. The dog sniffs at a lady's cap hidden in his pocket.
Their steward, carrying bills and a receipt, leaves the room to the left, his hand raised in hopelessness at the scene.

4. The work is an oil from the English Rococo period.
It is a genre painting.
Although this series of paintings are works of art in their own right, their original purpose was to provide the subjects for the series of engraved copper plate prints.
William Hogarth is recognized as the first Western artist who worked in series, that is, a group of paintings with a common thread or theme. This was not usual in the 18th century.
Hogarth’s series are satirical and moralistic. His paintings were used for instruction on a variety of topics.
One was the marriage of convenience. Although, traditionally, marriages of convenience were the rule, the artist, with the series Marriage à-la-mode wanted to illustrate the dangers of arranged marriages.

5. Taj Mahal. Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Taj Mahal. Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor. 1632–1653 C.E. Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens.
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Mughal architecture & design
Mausoleum
Cenotaph
Char bagh garden

6. Taj Mahal and Yamuna River, photo: Louis Vest (CC BY-NC 2.0)

7. Entrance, Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-53

8. Cenotaphs, Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-53
Carving and inlaid stone

9. View from the Mahtab Bagh, Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-53, photo: Steve Evans (CC BY-NC 2.0)

10. Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-53, photo: LASZLO ILYES (CC BY 2.0)

11. Moai on platform (ahu). Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100–1600 C. E
Moai on platform (ahu). Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100–1600 C.E. Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base.
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Waka Tapu
Moai
Maori language
Materials
How Moai “walked.”