Bourgeoisie's Ambition Of Prostitution During The 19th Century

During the 19th century the role of women was a silent one, opposite to the lives of the bold bourgeoisie male flâneur. One of the ways women could obtain a form of independence was through one of the world’s oldest professions, prostitution. The wave of modernity brought on an abundance of prostitution in Paris, thus the theme of the brothels, and sex workers became a prominent subject in art. For many Modernist artists the depiction of the prostitution was a means for shining a light to the sexual politics of between the Bourgeoisie and the prostitute.
Gender inequality, the “double standards of morality” when it came to Bourgeoisie men, and the difficulty of maintaining a job for lower class women in a industrialized society, created
The courtesan, was the highest class of sex worker, not all prostitutes were courtesans. A woman’s ambition to succeed in prostitution was vital in setting her apart as a courtesan rather than a common prostitute, “The essential difference is that the first carries on trade in her pure generality- as woman- with the result that competition keepsher at the level of a miserable existence; whereas the second endeavors to gain recognition for at the level of a miserable existence; whereas the second endeavors to gain recognition for herself —as an individual —and if she succeeds, she can entertain high aspirations. Beauty and charm or sex appeal are necessary here, but are not enough: the woman must be publicly distinguished some how, as a person." Setting themselves apart through high fashion, and polished expressiveness of the upper class, these dazzling women described in Baudelaireian terms as “a perfect image of savagery in the midst of civilization.” The courtesan was often thought of as the female counterpart of a term coined up by Charles Baudelaire, flâneur, a Bourgeoisie male who
Money had a passion for fine arts his father just waited him from pursuing a career in the arts and push him into studying law. Edward Money rebelled against his father and an 1848 he decided to enlist in the Naval Academy, even though he failed exam he was allowed to study as a cadet, he tried the naval exam once again but failed. These failures lead him down a path to a career in art. He studied academic artistic traditions under the painter Thomas Couture, but eventually began to reject them due to the restrictive nature of the academic teachings and dictatorial Salons, which favored works of art that followed meticulous and specifically followed traditions of the academy. Manet chose to depict the more realistic subjects of the lower class and modern life, in order to challenge society as well as the