The depiction of wealth now days is in fact very similar to what berger says in episode #3 of ways of seeing, in the episode berger talks about how wealthy people used oil paintings to portray their wealth and the power that came with it, often to create an image of themselves to the public as a high class individual or individuals and sometimes even an entire family, just like nowadays wealth back in the oil painting Era is synonym of what and how much you can afford to buy, how many properties, jewelry and cars(horses and cows back then) you could own. Now days the same method is used but through pictures and social media as the image above shows Floyd Mayweather a famous boxer who is considered very wealthy and successful, as we can see in the picture Floyd is flashing some of his valued items like his jewelry and his money creating an image and/or feeling of wealth.

The oil painting of the lady laying on top of her jewelry could be very much compared to the picture of Floyd Mayweather as they are both intended to create some sort of feeling of wealth and power to the viewer.

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