<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">salon paintings</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>paintings by location or context</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>paintings, salon</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>salon painting</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Paintings that were initially exhibited in the official Paris Salon of the 18th and 19th centuries, where members of the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture would exhibit recent works. Salon paintings are most often academic in nature, and are reflective of the forum in which they were exhibited; i.e.: a competition for public and private commissions. ]]></note></mads>