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  1. Sexy, Simple, Satirical: 300 Years Of Picnics In Art - Francisco de Goya

    by , 05-02-2015 at 06:26 PM
    As the weather warms up, you might find yourself staring out an office window, daydreaming about what you'd rather be doing: lazing outdoors, perhaps, on a large blanket with a picnic bounty spread before you.
    In fact, people have been fantasizing about picnics as a return to a simpler life pretty much since the dawn of urban living, says Walter Levy, author of The Picnic: A History.
    "Picknicking coincides with modern history — the shift from pastoral to urban living, the decline ...
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