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Why is this 19th century woman holding a smartphone?
2022-10-12
[JP] Looking at "The Expected One," by Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller, you will immediately notice that the woman in the center of the painting is walking through a picturesque landscape towards a man waiting in the bushes holding a pink flower.

Skipping down:

Peter Russell, a retired member of the local government of Glasgow, Scotland, was the first to notice the "phone" in the Waldmuller. Upon further research, he discovered its true nature. He remarked that the resemblance to an iPhone shows just how much society has changed:
Posted by:Besoeker

#2  Anthropomorphism
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-10-12 07:50  

#1  And we see 'faces' in clouds and geological formations.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-12 07:35  

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