History Art / Olympia

Olympia is modeled by Victorine Meurent and Olympia's servant is by the art model Laure.

See also ''Art/LeDejeunerSurLHerbe'', another Manet painting decried by the nudity.

* HighClassCallGirl: {{Subverted}}. The nude woman is a prostitute, not a high-class girl. Instead, it's the person she is modeling who is healthy. In other words, her client, who is so rich that he has even assigned Olympia a servant. Additionally, the name "Olympia" is a French slang term for prostitute.
* HotterAndSexier: Compared to other portrayals of the RecliningVenus, ''Olympia'' is very sexualized and the character is very aware of it. That's why this painting was considered scandalous in its time because of the naked woman's confrontational gaze and the details suggesting she is a prostitute --such as her bracelet, pearl earrings, and the orchid in her hair.

* ItsNotPornItsArt: This painting was met with outrage from critics for depicting a SliceOfLife scene with a prostate as the focal point. Furthermore, the character is very aware and uncaring of her nudity, even looking defiantly at the viewer. Manet's response to his critics was this trope.

* RuleOfSymbolism: The model wears nothing but a black ribbon around her neck, a gold bracelet on her wrist, Louis XV slippers on her feet, and a silk flower in her hair --all symbols of wealth and sensuality. The composition includes a black cat, symbolizing heightened sexuality and prostitution --a characteristically Baudelarian symbol.

* HighClassCallGirl: While the model playing the nude woman is not a prostitute, the person she is modeling for is meant to be. In other words, her client who is so rich that he has even assigned Olympia a servant. Additionally, the name "Olympia" is a French slang term for prostitute.

* HighClassCallGirl: While the model playing the nude woman is not a prostitute, the character she is modeling for is meant to be, the name "Olympia" being a formal French slang term for prostitute, the character herself waiting for her client.

* RecliningVenus: One of the more famous examples of the ''odalisque'', featuring a nude escort on a bed.

* HighClassCallGirl: While the model playing the nude woman is not a prostitute, the person she is modeling as was meant to be, the name "Olympia" being a formal French slang-term for prostitute, the character herself waiting for her client.

* RuleOfSymbolism: The model wears nothing but a black ribbon around her neck, a gold bracelet on her wrist, Louis XV slippers on her feet and a silk flower in her hair - all symbols of wealth and sensuality. The composition includes a black cat, symbolizing heightened sexuality and prostitution - a characteristically Baudelarian symbol.

''Olympia'' is a painting by Édouard Manet, first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon, which shows a nude woman ("Olympia") lying on a bed being brought flowers by a servant. Olympia was modelled by Victorine Meurent and Olympia's servant by the art model Laure. Olympia's confrontational gaze caused shock and astonishment when the painting was first exhibited because a number of details in the picture identified her as a prostitute. The French government acquired the painting in 1890 after a public subscription organized by Claude Monet.

The painting is on display at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

''Olympia'' is a painting by Édouard Manet, first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon, which shows a nude woman ("Olympia") lying on a bed being brought flowers by a servant. Olympia was modelled by Victorine Meurent and Olympia's servant by the art model Laure. Olympia's confrontational gaze caused shock and astonishment when the painting was first exhibited because a number of details in the picture identified her as a prostitute. The French government acquired the painting in 1890 after a public subscription organized by Creator/ClaudeMonet.

** [[InvertedTrope Inversely]], ''Olympia'''s fame would go on to inspire a number of [[{{Expy}} expies]], including ''Portrait (Futago)'' by Yasumasa Morimura and ''A Modern Olympia'' by Paul Cézanne.

* HighClassCallGirl: While the model playing the nude woman is not a prostitute, the person she is modelling as was meant to be, the name "Olympia" being a formal French slang-term for prostitute, the character herself waiting for her client.