Talk:Odalisque with Raised Arms

Odalisque with Raised Arms
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Ann Owens Weekes wrote: "These reflections were prompted by an event in one of my classes two years ago ... this meeting focused on early-20th century art. Two of the slides, Henri Matisse's Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised ... and Suzanne Valadon's The Blue Room ..., caused considerable embarrassment to the young women. The underarm hair was the problem in the Matisse ... These students said the underarm hair in the Matisse was unattractive". To write "However, the whole body of the sitter is not idealized because she has hair under her arms, which was considered scandalous by contemporary critics" is to incorrectly attribute the views of students in 1990 to "contemporary critics". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.241.196 (talk) 08:18, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I've removed some of the original research and statement about her armpits. Coldcreation (talk) 09:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC)