How Edouard Manet Became "the Father of Impressionism" with the Scandalous Panting, Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (1863)The controversy surrounding Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (1863) was not due to the presence of a nude woman, but the distinction between nude and naked.
A New Way of Looking at the NudeNudity in art remains provocativeArtists challenge traditional ideals of body representation