Contextual Analysis: Olympia is rather than nude, an impression emphasized by her bony, unclassical proportions. The sheets are slightly rumpled, and a client has clearly sent the flowers that her maid delivers. Olympia's shoes may refer to "street-walking" and the alert black cat is a symbol of sexuality, no doubt because of the popular reputation of the alley cat. The term "cat-house" is a popular term for a brothel. This is an example of French Realism in the 1860s. The work is definitely inspired by Titian’s The Saint-Lazare Station. Claude Monet. 1877 Content: C.E. Oil on canvas. The subject of Le Gare Saint-Lazare is a train station in Paris. The Gare Saint-Lazare was an industrial marvel. Not only were its powerful steam engines mighty signs of modernism, the shed was in itself lazarestation.jpg an architectural wonder. Style: worked in a style known as Impressionism. This work is one of seven works, which constituted Monet’s first series, a deliberate attempt to explore in multiple canvases a single subject at different times of day and under various atmospheric conditions. Plein air means it was painted outdoors. Contextual Analysis: Monet painted inside the train station itself, enabling him to directly study the actual lighting and atmosphere, particularly the appearance of steam and smoke. Like his fellow painters, Manet and Caillebotte, Monet began to make
Contextual Analysis: Olympia is rather than nude, an impression emphasized by her bony, unclassical proportions. The sheets are slightly rumpled, and a client has clearly sent the flowers that her maid delivers. Olympia's shoes may refer to "street-walking" and the alert black cat is a symbol of sexuality, no doubt because of the popular reputation of the alley cat. The term "cat-house" is a popular term for a brothel. This is an example of French Realism in the 1860s. The work is definitely inspired by Titian’s The Saint-Lazare Station. Claude Monet. 1877 C.E. Oil on canvas. lazarestation.jpg Content: The subject of Le Gare Saint-Lazare is a train station in Paris. The Gare Saint-Lazare was an industrial marvel. Not only were its powerful steam engines mighty signs of modernism, the shed was in itself an architectural wonder. Style: worked in a style known as Impressionism. This work is one of seven works, which constituted Monet’s first series, a deliberate attempt to explore in multiple canvases a single subject at different times of day and under various atmospheric conditions. Plein air means it was painted outdoors. Contextual Analysis: Monet painted inside the train station itself, enabling him to directly study the actual lighting and atmosphere, particularly the appearance of steam and smoke. Like his fellow painters, Manet and Caillebotte, Monet began to make
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