Art History
15 September 2008
Manet's Olympia
Artist and people viewing the art work have always had a fascination with the female nude. Even when I was a child my attention was captured by the nude art not because I was a kid and I saw a nude lady , but it forced me to wonder more about why the female nude was so amazing as a tool for art and why this is repeated so many times throughout the centuries. One female nude painting in particular was the subject of controversy and exposed the syncretism and or the power of the female nude painting.
When Edouard Manet's painting Olympia, was painted in 1863. It was hung in the Salon in Paris in 1865.It was one of Manet’s most famous paintings. It is saluted with taunts, laughter, criticism, and despise when displayed for the first time to the people. It is attacked by the public and by news reporters in the papers. Manet’s painting was so controversial at the time it was to be protected by guards and then put out of view......
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