Compare and contrast two pieces of artwork

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Comparison and contrast the two art pieces Manet Olympia and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon . There are many differences to consider between the two paintings. For example, what do the videos contained in the Project Resources about the two artworks, tell us about the way each artwork was painted? Were their styles different? How so? What about the colors each artist used? How are the bodies of the women depicted? What about any flattening of the surfaces of the subjects? How are they posed? etc. (8-10 similarities and 6-10 differences)

The videos of "Olympia and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" will be provided for this assignment for information about the two artworks that you can use to complete the project.

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Despite the fact that only forty-four years separate the times these two pictures were
painted, we can use them to observe the evolutionary stages French art has undergone, while
gradually moving away from the subjects and the techniques of Renaissance.
The paintings, very different at the first glance, have several common features:
1. Both paintings belong to the French school of painting, the world's leader in art in the 19th and
the early 20th centuries.
2. Both are considered to be the starting points for a trend in painting: Impressionism (Olympia) and
Cubism (The Damsels).
3. Th...


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