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Proudest Manet

Post by Rum » Wed May 19, 2010 5:10 pm

This is my favourite Manet paining. I am proud of the fact that I know my Monet from my Manet!

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Re: Proudest Manet

Post by devogue » Wed May 19, 2010 5:13 pm

Shame we can't see her fanny.
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Post by Rum » Wed May 19, 2010 5:15 pm

Ah - but what you can see is an ordinary woman covering her fanny. Manet was the first painter to start thinking about painting people as 'ordinary'.
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Re: Proudest Manet

Post by colubridae » Wed May 19, 2010 5:58 pm

Rum wrote:This is my favourite Manet paining. I am proud of the fact that I know my Monet from my Manet!

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Re: Proudest Manet

Post by Hermit » Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:53 am

Rum wrote:Manet was the first painter to start thinking about painting people as 'ordinary'.
I don't think so. This wall painting from Pompeii depicts two nudes that look like ordinary people to me:

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Topsy. She's a Rationalia member too (Flora).
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Re: Proudest Manet

Post by Rum » Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:59 am

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Rum wrote:Manet was the first painter to start thinking about painting people as 'ordinary'.
I don't think so. This wall painting from Pompeii depicts two nudes that look like ordinary people to me:

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Topsy. She's a Rationalia member too (Flora).
Ordinary? That's a satyr - an mythological creature!

In any case Rome doesn't count! :what:
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Re: Proudest Manet

Post by Hermit » Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:41 am

Rum wrote:Ordinary? That's a satyr - an mythological creature!

In any case Rome doesn't count! :what:
A satyr with otherwise very ordinary anatomical features. Anyway, what about the woman? And just why doesn't Rome count?

I think you'll have to severely circumscribe your assertion that "Manet was the first painter to start thinking about painting people as 'ordinary'."

Oh, look, a 16th century painting:

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