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| | Art Bulletin, The: The self pictured: Manet, the mirror, and the occupation of realist painting |
 | | It may be said, then, that the indeterminate space evoked by the mirror mode of looking is a reflexive space akin to that of self-portraiture. |
 | | It may be possible, in fact, to discuss Manet's realism as taking place in a distinctly ecological space, that is, in a realm halfway between mimesis and semiosis, a space in which looking is an event of construing reality - natural or social - from a subjective prospect. |
 | | In fact, the pairing of the male figure with the still life of the jug in each picture is nearly identical in conception. |
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