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Question #1

Manet's paintings answered Baudelaire's call to represent the beauty of modern life by ____________

A. emphasizing classical idealism in the nude figure.

B. showing the luxury of 19th century life.

C. presenting a modern alternative to the idealized beauty of the past.

D. drawing attention to issues of class and race.

Question #2

Manet modernized the tradition of the female nude by rejecting academic conventions of . . .

A. the horizontal composition of the image of the female nude, color for the background of the image

B. the relationship of the nude to the viewer, chiaroscuro, or modeling, in the figure's form

C. color for the background of the image, chiaroscuro, or modeling, in the figure's form

D. the horizontal composition of the image of the female nude, the relationship of the nude to the viewer

Question #3

Which contributes MOST to the flat two-dimensional appearance of the nude woman in Manet's painting, Olympia?

A. the shallow space and lack of foreshortening

B. the loose and open brushwork

C. the pale skin against the white sheets

D. the lack of chiaroscuro

Question #4

Manet based the composition of Olympia on a female nude painted by which earlier artist?

A. Titian

B. Goya

C. Velázquez

D. Ingres