Olympia
Édouard Manet1863Oil on canvas
Manet's scandalous reclining nude caused a sensation at the 1865 Salon. The flat, unmodeled skin tones and the subject's direct gaze broke every academic convention. The stark white against deep black was deliberately confrontational.
Color Mood
Confrontationally stark. The dead-flat white skin against deep black creates maximum contrast with zero atmospheric softening. This is Manet declaring war on academic prettiness.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Primary Colors
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