[Image] We need to realise this.Submitted by RutbaIsBored t3_11tlfnl in GetMotivated
Idaho_Cowboy t1_jckfevi wrote
Can someone fill me on how the painting fits with the quote?
BobbyLeeBob t1_jcmcdno wrote
The picture made me think that the quote isn't right for me. Because like the old man I don't mind sitting and reading all day. That way I won't notice the chains and probably won't care.
rreeddrreedd t1_jcmqm0h wrote
Yeah, from the painting it feels like the quote is saying the opposite of its original intention.
“Take a moment to relax/do less moving, and you will feel your burdens lighten”
Disastrous-Shower-37 t1_jcohie7 wrote
The quote is alluding to capitalism's exploitation.
empathetic_caterwaul t1_jcmog9j wrote
I mean it looks like he's selling his belongings as an old man. That's... not happy.
Sad-Valuable-3624 t1_jcnzzs3 wrote
Or he is so addicted to reading he doesn’t even notice the ladies?
RutbaIsBored OP t1_jckgmep wrote
idk i just focused on the quote lol
msinsensitive t1_jclc90n wrote
Well, I guess you can at least stay blissfully unaware if you don't move. 🤷♂️
pressure_7 t1_jcmf9pn wrote
Makes as much sense as reading Reddit for motivation
PandamoniumNO2 t1_jcmw7tr wrote
Yet here we are
Hamperstand t1_jcmdlek wrote
The painting is Der Antiquar, by Carl Spitzweg
Spitzweg was famous for his portraits of the petty bourgeois. Not sure if the quote is related
Idaho_Cowboy t1_jcnjnk8 wrote
Thanks!
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Sad-Valuable-3624 t1_jcnzy1r wrote
Lol that’s what you took from this? Love it.
redditurus_est t1_jcla6n3 wrote
Well it shows class differences and the ignorance of the lower class to this fact. So actually quite fitting.
Patrizsche t1_jclsnq2 wrote
You got that from this?
redditurus_est t1_jcmhbw1 wrote
This interpretation actually isn't too far off. The clothing heavily implies class and Carl Spitzweg, the painter of "Der Antiquar" said about the painting that, "everybody has his throne", meaning that the antiquarian is so absorbed in his old books that he doesn't even notice the upper class ladies with very risque back-decolletés for their time. So while the artist viewed it in a more romantic way (fitting for his time and art style) a more left leaning interpretation is also possible here. Source.
just_yall t1_jcm0e0s wrote
You may need to google Rosa Luxemburg
Edit, autocorrect
FriendlyLurker9001 t1_jcm29ig wrote
The fact that you said to Google Rosa Luxemburg supports the previous comment regarding how absurd it is to pull that meaning from a painting that had absolutely nothing to do with the topic
You can pull that meaning from the quote, but the painting still has nothing to do with it
just_yall t1_jcm3a9p wrote
That is a fair response
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