Manet and Modern Beauty: The Late Career of the Painter
b'French painter \\xc9douard Manet is perhaps best known for\\nhis large scale paintings like Olympia\\nand Le d\\xe9jeuner sur l\\u2019herbe, both of\\nwhich stoked controversy when they were first displayed. But in later life,\\nwith his health deteriorating, the artist shifted his focus to luscious still\\nlifes, delicate pastels and watercolors, and portraits of social types like the\\nparisienne or the dandy. \\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition Manet and Modern Beauty focuses on this often overlooked period of Manet\\u2019s career, from the late 1870s through his early death in 1883. In this episode, curators Emily Beeny and Scott Allan discuss key works from the exhibition and what they teach us about modernity and Manet.'