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A Bar At The Foiles Bergere Analysis

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The famous piece of artwork by Manet, A Bar at the Foiles Bergere, served as a key to the rise of a new era in art during the late 19th century. This extremely complex yet intriguing piece of work has left countless art critics questioning the formal aspects of the painting, along with the underlying meaning and social reactions to this piece of art. One such critic, Carol Armstrong, discusses in her essay, Counter, Mirror, Maid: Some Infra-thin Notes on A Bar at the Foiles-Bergere, the interaction between the still-lives and the mirror, the disparity of reality versus reflections, and the purpose of the barmaid and her reflection in the mirror. Armstrong comments that the interaction between the still-lives and the mirror displays the space

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