The idea of the social salon culture goes back to the French Revolution and played an integral role in the cultural and intellectual development that spread throughout Europe. The salons were seen as a cultural meeting place, in which the search for an inspiring, communicative interaction that appealed to every participant, and where rigid conventions could subsequently be suspended. The salons also spread and connected new ideas, as they became a center of intellectual as well as social exchange. Paper and visual artworks as mediums served as significant transmitters of content and …