Question

He wrote that art didn't have to be anything. Baudelaire is saying that this is the beginning of the allowance for free thinkers, free individuals, putting different paintings with or without meaning in the Salon. He is saying that by Manet doing this, he is starting to carve the path for younger people to decide what art is to them and want the limitations can be or want to be.

A) Baudelaire's critique of traditional art
B) Manet's defiance of artistic norms
C) The evolving concept of art in Baudelaire's view
D) Baudelaire's description of "The Painter of Modern Life"

Answer 1

The subject of this question is a. Baudelaire's critique of traditional art. Baudelaire argued for the allowance of free thinkers and individuals to put different paintings with or without meaning in the Salon, challenging the traditional norms of art.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is a. Baudelaire's critique of traditional art. Baudelaire's essay 'The Painter of Modern Life' argued for the allowance of free thinkers and individuals to put different paintings with or without meaning in the Salon, challenging the traditional norms of art.

He believed that by doing so, artists like Manet were carving a path for younger people to define what art means to them and push the boundaries of artistic limitations.