BEAUX HOMMES loves Smarthistory. A YouTube channel that is worth subscribing too. Your mind and dinner conversation menu will thank you. Édouard Manet had a modern approach to presenting classical themes, with contemporary stylings of his era. A painting that got a lot of ridicule in its day, yet is a classic now. Sit back and learn a lot from this wonderful lecture.
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Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863, oil on canvas, 130 x 190 cm (Musée d’Orsay, Paris). A conversation with Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
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