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In my art history classes, when henri mattise is mentioned, he is synonymous with orientalism. Meaning he was a 'westerner' projecting false assumptions onto another culture pretty much. Now this can be true, but as far as history goes, I think that the true can be said about historians looking back in to the past. The past is murky, and much is projected on the past about how we think. Not nessisarily how we thing 'now' but our temperment. I bet optimistic people have an optimistic view of the past while pessimistic the opposite. Yet, most art historians do no welcome this point to their lectures. This makes me suspect on the things the teach me. I have lost much respect of them in terms of me accepting what they tell me.