Every Movement / France 1830 to 1900

Academic art

The official taste. Polished surfaces, mythological nudes, and the jury every modern movement would define itself against.

The Birth of Venus, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Birth of Venus, 1879. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
When
1830 to 1900
Where
Paris, the Salon
Who
Bouguereau, Cabanel, Gérôme, Meissonier
Source
Wikipedia ↗ / Museum file on Commons ↗