Manet’s Olympia: How does Manet respond to the long history of the nude as a subject in western painting? How does he subvert the trope of the nude in this painting? What message is he conveying to his audience in this painting?
Realism and Impressionism Watch and Read the links below and respond to the following: 1) Courbet, A Burial at Ornans, 1849 a) The narrators refer to this as Courbet’s “manifesto” – what do you think they mean by this? b) Courbet’s painting represents a “break” from the traditional French Academy of painting. Describe what is […]