Compare attitudes towards the nude and discuss, with reference to Cabanel's 'Venus' and Manet's 'Olympia', whether or not they offer an adequate response.
- Date: May 07, 2006
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- Grade: B+
- Length: 10 pages (2435 words)
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emperor napoleon iii, edouard manet, olympia, attitudes, alexandre cabanel, religious art, ...history of art, consistent theme, adequate response, eroticism, zola, portraiture, gaze, crowds, mankind, nudes, aim, dismayed, subsequently
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In this essay I aim to compare three writers' opinions and attitudes towards the nude, these writers being Castagnary , Zola and Clark . I will also discuss whether or not I think their comments offer an adequate response to the nude, while referencing two works from the Salon of 1863- Alexandre Cabanel's "Venus" (fig. 1) and Edouard Manet's "Olympia" (fig. 2).
The nude in art has been a consistent theme and subject for artists throughout the history of art, be it religious art or portraiture, the human form has always fascinated mankind . However attitudes and opinions about the 'right' and 'wrong' kind of nudes differ hugely, as I will discuss. In the controversial salon of 1863 crowds were ...
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BORZELLO, Frances- Nude Awakening- The Guardian Online- 2002 (Found at http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,824240,00.html)
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CLARK, Kenneth- The Nude- A Study Of Ideal Art- John Murray- London- 1956; repr 1957- p. 6
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CLARK, T.J.- Olympia's Choice, The Painting Of Modern Life- Princeton- 1984- p. 126, p.100
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GOMBRICH, E.H.- The Story of Art- Phaidon-1995
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HAWKSLEY, Lucinda (and Others) - Essential History of Art- Parragon- 2001
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HARRIS, Nathaniel- The Life And Works Of Manet- Parragon- 1994- p. 15
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LAURENT, Sabrina- An Eye On Art- Boheme Magazine- April 2005
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