Scene Report 002: Manet's Olympia

In Paris for the Olympics, I revisit Manet’s Olympia.

This is the scene report, reporting on the Musée D’Orsay.

Tourists try to take pictures of the Olympic flame through the museum’s famous clock window.

The Musee D’Orsay in Paris, France houses seminal works of modern art, including Olympia (1893) by Édouard Manet (1832-1883). This painting is a transgressive rendition of the academic painting trope of the…