Scandals in art
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Scandals in art occur when members of the public are shocked or offended by a work of art at the time of its first exhibition or publication,.
Olympia by Manet (1863)
Upper-class Parisians felt threatened by the dignified size of the canvas used to depict The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet in 1857.
Venus of Urbino
Saint Matthew and the Angel (1602) was refused for its triviality, the realism of the saint, and the ambiguity of the angel (original painting destroyed during World War II).
The Gleaners
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The Gleaners is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857.
Etching of The Gleaners, 1855
Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Planers, 1875