A woman, then: Le déjeuner sur l’herbe
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2018.144714Keywords:
Hubert Damisch, modern painting, Manet, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbeAbstract
Written in 1992, the essay examines Manet’s painting, Le déjeuner sur l’herbe, exhibited in the Salon des Refusés in 1863, a milestone in the universe of modern art, which marks a radical rupture in artistic tradition, showing the female body as well as the very notion of Beauty under a new light. According to the author, although the painting recreates a well-known classical narrative from Marcantonio Raimondi’s The Judgement of Paris, an engraving dated from c. 1510-20 that translates a design originally done by Rafael, Manet provocatively projects his characters in a contemporary setting, imbuing the main female figure with a defying and provoking gaze, directly targeted at the beholder. Resorting to psychoanalytic concepts, Damisch points out how nudity is desublimated in this painting.
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