blue black and white gold dress 10 years ago today, this was posted online, turning into a viral phenomenon. Viewers couldn't decide if the dress was black, or and gold. It was later confirmed The Dress: An Interactive Classroom

30), but their bodices and sleeves are cut differently, and they wear colorful neckerchiefs

claim that Brunias is significant as a colonial artist: [Brunias] paintings represent an important foundation of visual culture in the colonial CaribbeanThe brightly patterned textiles depicted in Agostino Bruniass market scenes on the island of Dominica attest to the symbolic importance these textiles had for free women of color who both sold and wore these fabrics as assertions of their freedom. The Caribbean was central to the British empire and economy in the 18th century, as sugar, coffee, and enslaved people were traded and exported (Morgan 54-55)

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Brunias seems to have liked painting stripes and may have over-represented striped textiles and sheer variety where plain white cotton and linen were more often worn (Lafont 140)