We will hand paint a beautiful reproduction of this masterpiece in the size below. Nevertheless, the painting remained as one of the memorable works of the French master painter. The center of controversy was not the nudity but the confrontational gaze given by the nude woman and the symbols in the painting that suggest that she is a prostitute, considering that the name Olympia was commonly associated with prostitutes in Paris at the time. Edouard Manets Brazilian Coup De Tte: Secrets, Sex and Picnics, A discussion of Le Djeuner sur LHerbe (1863) and. douard Manet brought to Realism his curiosity.
While nudity was a common subject in art, this particular painting both shocked and amused the audiences of that time. douard Manet, Olympia, 1863, oil on canvas, 130.5 cm × 190 cm (51.4 in × 74.8 in), (Muse dOrsay, Paris). The subject is a nude woman lying on a bed, she is being brought flowers by a fully clothed servant. Olympia's confrontational gaze caused shock and astonishment when the painting was first exhibited because a number of details in the picture identified her as a prostitute.
Olympia was modelled by Victorine Meurent and Olympia's servant by the art model Laure. Olympia is a painting by Edouard Manet which was first exhibited in 1965 at the Paris Salon. Olympia is a painting by douard Manet, first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon, which shows a nude woman ('Olympia') lying on a bed being brought flowers by a servant.
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