Juliette Bretan is a writer and PhD student at the University of Cambridge, where she researches depictions of Poland and east central Europe in modernist literature. She has previously written for The Public Domain Review, Engelsberg Ideas, Arts Desk, and more.
Edouard Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1868–69), oil on canvas, 252 × 305 cm, Kunsthalle Mannheim / WikipediaPerched grandly and Viennese-pretty on a rocky promontory just north…