Some of the residents welcomed the Queen by decorating their houses with large flags and bunting, hung from rooftops.

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So they are ready to pay for art because it's a part of decorating their own houses, it's like buying expensive furniture.

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Towards the end of the 19th century humans began to color the built environment: they began painting their houses, decorating their interiors, replacing wood, whitewash and leather with reds, blues, whites, greens, purples, yellow.

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