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2. Shocking Subjects and Modern Paris | Manet/Degas | Met Exhibitions


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How did each artist respond to the demands and expectations of the Salon?

In this podcast, learn how each artist responded to changing aesthetic and political mores, capturing new visions of modern life in nineteenth-century Paris.

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Artworks mentioned: ⁠⁠⁠

Edouard Manet, Study for "Déjeuner sur l'herbe", ca. 1863-68

Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863-65

Edgar Degas, A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), 1865

Edgar Degas, Scene of War in the Middle Ages, ca. 1865


To learn more about the exhibition, visit ⁠www.metmuseum.org/ManetDegas⁠


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