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crossing the street, near each other,
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but having nothing in common with each other, part of the
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anomie of the city; and it was a statement about the
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sort of self-importance of the middle class.
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And some of Caillebotte's other paintings involve views from
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balconies in which the person is-- the viewer or the main subject of
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the painting is isolated from ordinary people who might
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walk around below.
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And you can over-emphasize his themes too much but it's still worth
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keeping in mind.
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But here you have your basic Impressionist landscape,
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and it was very much a creation of the rebuilding of Paris