Paintings

"Messieurs, Messieurs, go easy. Find the worst painting that's here and bear in mind that two thousand wretches have broken their brushes between their teeth in despair of ever producing anything as good."

 Jean-Siméon Chardin

In Diderot, The Salon of of 1765. 

(Hypothetical) reactions and commentaries from our guests to the works of their fellow artists.