He wanted to paint a picture of Spanish society (figuratively and literally) as continuing in the path it had been on in the latter half of the 19th century - prosperous bourgeoisie commissioning paintings of their wives and some conservative Catholic art. Families earnestly participating in the Spanish state and church without causing a fuss.
Secondly he didn't want anyone making anyone else think too much about anything.
And the stand out pictures, different from that attempt were two portraits of herself commissioned by a dancer who had married an Indian prince and become an Indian princess, a sculpture of a North African beggar woman and a picture of Danae interacting with a rainstorm and growing a rainbow.
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He wanted to paint a picture of Spanish society (figuratively and literally) as continuing in the path it had been on in the latter half of the 19th century - prosperous bourgeoisie commissioning paintings of their wives and some conservative Catholic art. Families earnestly participating in the Spanish state and church without causing a fuss.
Secondly he didn't want anyone making anyone else think too much about anything.
And the stand out pictures, different from that attempt were two portraits of herself commissioned by a dancer who had married an Indian prince and become an Indian princess, a sculpture of a North African beggar woman and a picture of Danae interacting with a rainstorm and growing a rainbow.