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# May the appearance of these two gentlemen of 1782, painted and gaudily dressed, help everyone who sees them to grow accustomed to the thought that notions of beauty in the past can be every bit as surprising, even shocking, as notions of beauty in the fut
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/khochetsia-chtoby-vneshnii-vid-dvukh-etikh-dzhentelmenov-iz-1782-goda-nakrashennykh-i-pestro-odetykh-pomog-vsem-kto-ikh-uvidit-svyknutsia-s-mysliu-chto-predstavleniia-o-krasote-v-proshl/
- Published: 2022-12-07T06:30:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:37:26.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Observations, Mores

May the appearance of these two gentlemen of 1782, painted and gaudily dressed, help everyone who sees them to grow accustomed to the thought that notions of beauty in the past can be every bit as surprising, even shocking, as notions of beauty in the future. Every age has its own ideals, and that is perfectly normal