Art History - Chapter 10 - Goya's The Third of May 1808 and Manet's Olympia

Napoleon

What French leader was responsible for the slaughter of Spanish freedom fighters in Goya’s The Third of May, 1808?

His crucifixion.

The stance and pose of the central figure in Goya’s The Third of May, 1808 is an allusion, or reference, to what aspect of Jesus’s story?

a monk

What religious official, clad in black, is seen praying in Goya’s The Third of May, 1808?

He never shows their faces.

In this same painting, how does Goya emphasize the cowardice and brutality of the French soldiers?

War is brutal and reveals our savagery.

What groundbreaking theme does Goya convey in The Third of May, 1808?

nudity

Manet’s painting Olympia caused a scandal because it violated traditional expectations regarding what?

prostitute

What is the assumed role of the central female figure in Manet’s Olympia?

Titian’s Venus of Urbino

What famous painting did Manet use as inspiration for his Olympia?

His flatness and lack of depth.

What technique did Manet use in Olympia that would quickly become a stylistic trait employed by many Impressionist painters?

modernity

Manet’s Olympia, like Paris itself, became a symbol for what concept in the mid-to-late 19th century?