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What is the most important nineteenth century?

Tiziano, Concerto Campestre

Rafael, La Pesca Milagrosa

Raimondi, The Judgement of Paris

Edouard Manet, Luncheon on the Grass

What is the most important nineteenth century? Yadira, San Juan, Puerto Rico.


Dear Yadira, some art historians do not answer such questions because they believe that in art there is no first or second, etc. I do agree to say what the work more important for people to learn more about art. In addition, some might say that a work is the most important for one reason and others might say it's another work.

For me, the most important work of the nineteenth century Luncheon on the Grass (Le déjeuner sur l'herbe) by Edouard Manet, 1863, located in the Orsay Museum in Paris. The picture is 208 cm x 264.5 cm, large-format, which at that time was just to make historical and mythological works according to the Academy of Fine Arts of France, who were the parameters that put art at the time. The Luncheon on the Grass picture was inspired Concert Country , 1508 by Titian. All the characters were drawn from other works that were known to all art students at the time. The character behind the woman in the creek, was taken from a drawing by Raphael, La Pesca Milagrosa, but in the drawing figure is a man. The three characters that are in front, were taken from an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, The Judgement of Paris and the work they displayed in the bottom right. The woman, who is getting their feet wet was drawn to the very large and there is a good prospect there. She must be painted smaller since it is bigger than the pot on its side, which itself was made using dimensions and perspectives. In the box there are 3 themes, portraits of people, landscapes and still life in the bottom front, it was something new in a play.

The work caused a furor when it was presented in 1863, was considered vulgar by the nude, with men dressed. The naked woman has the body of Manet's wife, Suzanne Leenhoff and the face of his favorite model, Victorine Meurent. The man on the right is his brother Ferdinand Leenhoff, and the left his brother Eugène Manet. The men are dressed like dandies in clothing typical fashion of the time. The men are talking and ignore women. The naked woman was accepted if it represented an allegory, mythology, or classic beauty, but not a real person naked with two fully clothed men. It was also the first time a naked woman looks at the viewer and that was the most shocking. People form a pyramid, which gives more stability to the characters.

The style used by Manet breaks the academic tradition of painting. Although it seems a realistic painting, it is not because it was taken from existing characters in other works of art, and that changed the face of the bride for their model. It is a classic in its origin. Here Manet prefer the personal freedom of creation against the academic art school of Fine Arts, the artists wanted to do. That is the merit further important part of this work, Manet's creative freedom. Could also be interpreted as a modern version of Titian's Country Concert. This work is considered a pre-Impressionist work to use people close to him, because some parts of the picture seem unfinished and because he used thick brushstrokes in parts of the landscape. Yadira

also making this important work was the woman's gaze, without shame, without original sin, natural, with which we are bold and aggressive. That look caressing, inviting and perplexing at the site and puts us in the table. Manet's challenge to introduce the viewer into the work has never been done before. This table broke with tradition academic of the time because it served to the development of impressionism. For all these reasons I consider this book the most important nineteenth century.

Yadira Thanks for your question, I hope the answer was to your liking. Augusto


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