Redon had accepted other room-decoration commissions beginning in 1900, but the setting and freedom of the Fontfroide opportunity allowed him to reunite his two artistic personas and a lifetime of cherished subjects to spectacular effect.
The new model is also the first Cyber-shot camera to offer a "Picture Effect" mode, which expands a shooter's artistic possibilities without the need for editing software.
The new DSC-W620 and W650 cameras also feature HD Movie mode (720p) as well as four "Picture Effect" options which can be used to create customized, artistic images.
By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic standing of rap while seizing on its pervasive influence as an art form to prove what a terrible effect it has on youth.