Before revision: Pejorative associations upLe Singe Antiquaire ( c. 1726 ) by Jean-Siméon Chardin Antiquaries often appeared to possess an unwholesome interest in death, decay, and the unfashionable, while their focus on obscure and arcane details meant that they seemed to lack an awareness both of the realities and practicalities of modern life, and of the wider currents of history.
After revision: Pejorative associations upLe Singe Antiquaire ( ) by Jean-Siméon Chardin Antiquaries often appeared to possess an unwholesome interest in death, decay, and the unfashionable, while their focus on obscure and arcane details meant that they seemed to lack an awareness both of the realities and practicalities of modern life, and of the wider currents of history.