... shame for appearing in so public a place in such a position; this, too, would have been found scandalous in the 1860's. Now, however, compared to such displays of sexuality and nudity, the picture is perceived as a modest, proper display of sexuality. The setting is a beach at nightfall. In the foreground one sees a bright scarlet cloth lying on a dark beach. It is a very ruffly piece of cloth ... tossed casually aside. In the middle ground is the woman, and whatever she reclines against. It is so dark that one ... more closely at how the sky above the horizon seemed to have a pink or ...

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