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MANET & MORISOT: AMBIGUITY BETWEEN PLEASURE AND DESIRE

“For Realist painters at mid-century, the experience of the senses was not something to be allegorized. It was something to be given to the viewer full-on. Such a statement became a philosophical position. It was part of the materialist view of the world … Continue reading

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REAL IMPRESSIONS: NOBLESSE OBLIGE LESS

In contrast with Post-Impressionism and the avant-garde trends of the twentieth century the painters of French Naturalism and Impressionism rarely gave verbal expression to their aesthetics. “The most solid base for the work of art is reality constantly studied.” ( … Continue reading

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BEHIND THE NONCOMMITTAL GAZE

Who else? Who but the well bred, courteous Edouard Manet could have put before an astonished public the “female gorilla”, that “gamy courtesan” Olympia? Public and critics were for once unanimous. There could be no two ways about it: Manet … Continue reading

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