Is it just us or did women in Western art become more depressed-looking after the beginning of the 20th century? Check out this fascinating video titled "Women In Art", which morphs together 500 years of female portraits in the Western tradition. Things start off a little dour at first, then perk up around 1872 (specifically Manet's "Portrait of Berthe Morisot", and yes, we had to ask someone smarter than us to identify that painting) and pretty much head downhill from there.

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