Kent raises some good questions about "Holy Week in Sevilla, 1879." I suppose the leaning lends a dynamism to the scene that would be lost if everyone were standing around all stoic-like.
I send my culture students to the Palace of the Legion of Honor for one of their class projects. The one element that my students have tended to comment on, but which Kent has neglected, is the young woman who is looking directly at the viewer. Is she distracted by the galán? Is she flirting with the viewer? She directs her gaze outward when all around her, including the viewer, have their gazes directed inward, toward the preacher, or toward the scene in general. Does she transgress by so boldly ignoring the preacher and flirting with the viewer? Do we transgress for flirting back?
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