Monkey  

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As "Darwinism" became widely accepted in the 1870s, good-natured caricatures of him with an ape or monkey body symbolised evolution.
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As "Darwinism" became widely accepted in the 1870s, good-natured caricatures of him with an ape or monkey body symbolised evolution.

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The Swing (ca. 1767) by Fragonard One of the iconic images of French erotica. Notice the peeping tom lying at her feet trying to glare upskirt
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The Swing (ca. 1767) by Fragonard
One of the iconic images of French erotica. Notice the peeping tom lying at her feet trying to glare upskirt

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Any of several ape-like primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches. Metaphorically, a mischievous child.

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Monkeys in art

Paintings by Gabriel von Max, Joseph Schippers, Chardin, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps and Edwin Landseer. The photography of Jill Greenberg. The sculpture of Fremiet. King Kong at the low art end of the spectrum.

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