In Le Journal, June 29, 1865
Maid: Madame.
Olympia: What is it?
Maid: There’s a man that wants to see you on business.
Olympia: Show him in.
(Apparently, that’s the way things are done among certain “ladies.”)
Sobetrue
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Gallery of Acceptable 19th Century Nudes - What Olympia is NOT!
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Manet’s Olympia
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This is a blog set in 1865 during the great Paris Salon where Edouard Manet’s painting Olympia was causing an uproar. The Public Reaction The violent and intense reaction by the Parisian critics and public was overwhelming – the reaction so great that the cornucopia of criticisms and insults rained ... Continue reading
Blogging Manet's Olympia in 1865 