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By choosing these two themes, Rachel Sharpe places her work as the latest in a long pictural history, starting with the first Christian iconography of the early middle ages through to late Renaissance biblical scenes for the “religious” paintings, and a later, more modern one that includes 17th century paintings of “Fêtes Galantes” by Watteau and the dancers of Degas for the “dance” paintings. Sharpe however, has embarked on a roundabout way to approach these two themes, choosing not to depict whole scenes, with their own narrative and message, but to paint small details thereof, focusing on …