Packet O: Tossup 6

After the success of Alexandre Cabanel’s Birth of Venus, this painter responded with a set of two paintings, the first of which depicts a masculine Venus lying on top of a sleeping Psyche. In another painting by this artist, a woman holds out her outstretched arm as she receives a parrot. A parody (10[1])by Tanja Ostojić (“Tanya OSS-toh-yeech”) titled “After [this artist]” (10[1])depicts a set of panties that includes the European (10[1])Union (10[1])flag. (10[2])Two nude lesbians embrace on silk sheets (10[1])in a painting by this artist entitled Sleep. (10[1]-5[1])Jacques Lacan owned, and Khalil Bey commissioned, a painting by this artist that likely features Joanna Hiffernan’s (10[1])exposed vulva. (10[1])A crucifix is held high above clergymen in a painting by this artist that depicts his uncle’s funeral. For 10 points, (10[1])name this French realist painter of The Origin of the World and The Burial at Ornans. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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