Ingres, La Grande Odalisque

A  The image reveals a tension between sensual and tactile elements that engage the viewer and those that distance her from us.

B  Ingres had never seen an odalisque in a harem, so this painting is a fantasized construction what such a woman might look like.

C  The painting shows respect for non-Western attitudes to sexuality.

D  Trained in the academic tradition of Neoclassicism, Ingres’ paintings suggest a bridge toward the sensual and exotic themes of Romanticism.

A  adhere to Neoclassical principles of painting.

B  create a monstrous woman.

C  emphasize the sensual lines of the woman’s body.

D  recall Mannerist artists and the ideas of the Counter-Reformation

A  linear precision

B  blurry focus

C  loose brushwork

A  True

B  False