Mel Ramos, Manet's Olympia 1972
Paul Spooner's automata, from The Southern Arizona Chapter of the arizona designer craftsmen
Susan Herbert, After Manet II; Olympia (detail)
Archemedes, Manet's Olympia Found in Translation, from Worth1000
Rosalind Trigg, After Manet's Olympia (Borzoi), from nobledogs.com
2 comments:
Come now, where's your sense of humor? Olympia was not so much an homage to the Venus d'Urbino as a magnificent comedic gesture! Up until that time, artists had painted nudes in mythological terms and settings, rendering them acceptable for public consumption. Manet used as his model a well-known prostitute, painted her with a bold, in-your-face attitude and named her "Olympia," all very tongue in cheek. This bold move on the part of an artist already established in the traditional French Salon made him a cause celebre in the underground art world from that time forward, hence so many light-hearted references to it by so many painters. Read up on this--a delightful story that makes this exquisite painting even more piquant!
Rosalind Trigg, perpetrator of "After Manet's Olympia"
It's ridiculous to compare Mel Ramos with these other hacks.
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