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Ingres reclines an exotic concubine whose impossibly elongated back famously scandalized critics, who joked she had several vertebrae too many. He bent anatomy in pursuit of a sinuous, cool-toned line. The painting bridges Neoclassical polish and a dawning Romantic taste for the exotic.
Grande Odalisque
- Date1814
- MovementNeoclassicism
- WhereLouvre, Paris
- RegionFrance