Manet - What do you now know about Manet that you didn't prior to reading this chapter?
Prior to reading chapter two of “Interpreting Art”, I was not aware that Manet’s painting of "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere" was his last piece of work. I also did not know of the depth of meaning and interpretations formidable to Manet’s style of painting. I also learned that Manet was one of the few flaneurs of his time to fit into the category or ‘flaneur.’a) What is a "flaneur"?
A flaneur, according to the context of the era of Manet, was generally a man who wandered and observed society and people, taking in the
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