Remember that Édouard Manet considered himself a flâneur. Knowing that about him, what do you think were his intentions in presenting Le Déjuner sur l'herbe to the jury for the Salon of 1863?

What will be an ideal response?

Essay responses should include these points:
• Flâneur refers to a man-about-town with no apparent occupation who holds a negative attitude toward the bourgeoisie.
• For Manet, part of this attitude involved shocking the viewer with the frontal nudity of this work.
• Manet is to some degree mocking the conventions of well-respected traditional painters like Watteau.