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I ordered 4 pairs of shoes online. I received 3, 1 if which was damaged.

A few days later I called to complaint about the missing shoe and the damaged shoe. They tell me nothing they can do about the damaged shoe, but will pay me back for the undelivered shoe and that they knew already as the stock had actually run out and the return was already in process.

The transaction went through today, I received payment for all 4 shoes....

So basically I got 2 shoes plus a damaged shoe for free

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55530018

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55530079

Francisco de Zurbarán transformed what first appears to be a simple still life into a powerful symbol of religious devotion. An innocent lamb tied in preparation for sacrifice represents the body of Christ, described in the Gospel of John as the "Lamb of God" who died in order to "take away the sins of the World." Early collectors, however, equally appreciated Zurbarán’s realism, as indicated by the account of "an art lover in Seville who has a lamb by this maker’s hand, painted from life, which he values more than one hundred living rams." Zurbarán’s innovative treatment of this subject proved successful, and multiple versions are known from the 1630s.

Completed toward the end of the Civil War, Inness’s large canvas was intended as a direct challenge to the grandiose, literal style of landscape painters such as Frederic Edwin Church and Albert Bierstadt, whose works appear in this gallery. Instead of international subject matter and heightened realism, this painting represents fertile farmland imbued with expressive feeling, communicated through enriched pigment and softened brushstrokes. Inness’s choice of title, his depiction of a bountiful harvest, and personal statements associated with this and other works made during the war suggest his confidence in Union victory and prosperity.

Manet identified the source for this painting, the first of several religious scenes, in the inscription on the rock: the Gospel according to Saint John. However, in the passage cited, Christ’s tomb is empty except for two angels. After Manet sent the canvas to the 1864 Salon, he realized that he had made an even greater departure from the text, depicting Christ’s wound on the wrong side. Despite Charles Baudelaire’s warning that he would "give the malicious something to laugh at," the artist did not correct his mistake. Indeed, critics denounced the picture, particularly the realism of Christ’s cadaverous body.