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Olympia c. 1863 One of the Greatest paintings of All Time
It appears that it is necessary that I make a nude. Well, I will do it.. In the transparency of the open air, with people as those which we see over there. I am going to be criticized savagely. it doesn't matter... -- Edouard Manet
A painter can say all he
wants to with fruit or
flowers or even clouds. -- Edouard Manet
A good painting is true to
itself. -- Edouard Manet
Key Descriptive Words and Phrases associated with Impressionism - Parisian cafe Culture, 19th-century, Paris, soleil levant, Louis Leroy, open composition, impasto, vibrant, effets de soir, natural light, en plein air, 1874, Académie des Beaux-Arts, boating, leisure activities, Landscapes, modernization, synthetic pigments, industrialization, Independent Collective, avant-garde, Primitivism, Symbolist, France, French painters, The Académie Suisse, controversial ideas about painting, physics of colour, broader strokes, fleeting impression of colour and light, bright, vibrant, flowers, figures, atmosphere
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