Nana (Manet)

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Nana
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg

Nana is a painting by

Kunsthalle Hamburg
art museum in Germany.

Description

The painting shows a young and beautiful woman who stands before a mirror with two extinguished

high-heeled footwear. The interior suggests that it is a boudoir. Behind the woman is a sofa with two pillows. An elegantly dressed man, sitting on the sofa, can be partly seen on the right of the painting. On the left side, there is a chair, a table and a flowerpot
.

Interpretations

Both the title and the numerous details suggest that the picture represents a high class

argot).[3]

Reception

Manet wanted to present the painting at the Salon of Paris but it was rejected because it was deemed to be contemptuous of the morality of the time. French society was not prepared for such frank depictions of prostitution, and the critics did not see the artistic qualities of the work and concentrated solely on the scene which was represented. One of the defenders of Manet was Émile Zola who in 1880 published a novel of the same name as the ninth volume of Les Rougon-Macquart series. However, there is no clear evidence of mutual inspiration in the choice of the theme and the title as the book was published three years later. It is likely that Manet found inspiration in L'Assommoir, Zola's previous book, in which the character of Nana appears for the first time.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tubach, Surya (2018-03-16). "Why Manet's Empathetic Painting of a Parisian Prostitute Still Resonates Today". Artsy. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  2. ISBN 0151010765
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  3. ^ http://www.e-dictionary.info/en/broads/[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Le Recentrage pornographique" (PDF) (in French). Psychanalyse Paris. p. 4. Retrieved 24 March 2010. [dead link]
  • The article is a translation of Polish article "Nana (obraz Maneta)" as of 2010-03-24
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