@AdultSh1t Judith Leyster, one of the OG feminist artists, holds her hand in her lap to emphasize that she doesn't have a cock-a-doodle. I mean just look at her. She looks so smug. #Stup1dHistory#contest#NotYourMomsArtHistory
@AdultSh1t During the Dutch Golden Age (1637), a single tulip bulb could cost as much as 10x the annual salary for a skilled craftsperson. #Stup1dHistory#contest#TreatYoself
@AdultSh1t People in the 18th Century (and also a little into the 19th Century) would communicate in a secret sign-language that used hand fans as props. Some things never change. #Stup1dHistory#contest
@AdultSh1t 18th Century chairs had to be redesigned at a reclined angle for women so that they could sit on them. Corsets didn’t allow them to bend at the waist, so they had to lean back when they sat. They would also strategically ‘faint’ on them. #Stup1dHistory#contest#drama
@AdultSh1t so when people’s clothes touch in Rococo paintings, it usually means they were touchin’ somethin’ else behind the scenes. #IfYouKnowWhatIMean#Stup1dHistory#contest
@AdultSh1t Leonardo DaVinci was a notorious procrastinator. He hadn’t finished the Mona Lisa on time and tried to flee the country with it. #Stup1dHistory#contest
@AdultSh1t Men in the Baroque would make sure their portraits showed off their calves. It was a sign of virility and masculinity. #Stup1dHistory#contest#datcalf
@AdultSh1t Not a single person was burned at the steak during the Salem With Trials. 19 were sentenced to hang, Giles Corey was pressed to death, and others died in jail awaiting trial. #Stup1dHistory#contest
@AdultSh1t Pink was considered to be a masculine color until the Holocaust when the color was used to denote homosexual men. It was later used as feminine to disassociate the color pink from the trauma. #Stup1dHistory#contest