Comparing Giorgione 'And Le Dejeuner Sur L' Herbe

The following essay is about comparing two different artists with two different period/styles and how the idea of painting nudes was treated differently throughout the years. First, I would introduce the artwork along with their artist. Secondly, I will be comparing the subject matters between the two artworks and lastly, I will be concluding my comparison and the answer I gotten from writing and researching for the essay.

I picked Giorgione/ Titian’s Le Concert Champêtre and Édouard Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe because of how similar these two artworks are but at the same, it was treated differently due to the different period that were created. Giorgione or even Titian’s painting was more ‘accepted’ than Manet’s painting in his early days, as more ‘rules’ was set in his period and resulting in Manet being

Unlike Giorgione/ Titian’s Le Concert Champêtre that was describe with sentences like “…The search for balance is shown through the integration of these figures in a setting where man and nature must coexist in perfect harmony” , Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass was rejected by the salon of Paris because of the nude woman in the painting. Manet was also paying a tribute to Giorgione/ Titian’s Le Concert Champêtre by painting a similar composition.

Starting from the bottom left side, there’s blue dress and a lady cap that was set aside with the basket of food. Towards the middle, the naked woman sat on a blue cloth with her eyes stared directly out of frame as if she is staring at the audience. Accompany her are two well-dressed man having a conversation and behind them is another woman reaching into the pond to retrieve something. The background was dark as it was covered by the trees, creating a ‘cool’ like