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 ↗