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Olympia, Edouard Manet, 1863

Olympia, Edouard Manet, 1863

Manet's Olympia was a controversial painting at the time due to the confrontational gaze of the woman depicted and also to the fact that numerous details in the painting signify that she is a prostitute.

Olympia by Edouard Manet

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