"Painters especially Edouard Manet, who is an analytic painter, do not have this preoccupation with the subject which torments the crowd above all; the subject, for them, is merely a pretext to the paint, while for the crowd, the subject alone exists. Thus, assuredly, the nude woman of The Luncheon on the Grass is only there to furnish the artist the occasion to paint a bit of flesh.
Munik. “Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (English: The Luncheon on the Grass).” Munik. Wordpress.com, 7 June 2015.