Who were Manet's primary artistic influences?
The Old Masters
The Pre-Raphaelites
The Hudson River School
The Futurists
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The answer to who Manet's primary artistic influences were is the Old Masters. This term refers to the great European painters of the 14th to 17th centuries, such as Titian, Tintoretto, and Velázquez. Manet admired their technical skill and mastery of color and composition, and he sought to emulate their work in his own paintings.
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