The fascinating account of the story of the scandalous masterpiece, which had as a protagonist Victorine Meurent, a "flower of evil" often portrayed by the artist who changed painting
The fascinating account of the story of the scandalous masterpiece, which had as a protagonist Victorine Meurent, a “flower of evil” often portrayed by the artist who changed painting.
After an accurate survey of its models (Titian, Goya but also less famous artists) and of its different meanings examined by a scholar of Medieval and Renaissance iconology, a in-depth analysis of the quality of the painting and the reconstruction of the critical debate which involved man of letters such as Zola and provoked sarcasm among the press