The centerpiece of the property is an enormous pool lined with blue iridescent glass-mosaic tiles, with lush sea-grape trees at each corner.

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Triangular blue pacu, iridescent, fiery-finned pirupatanga and streamlined yellow dorado gather in shoals or slip effortlessly between fallen tree trunks, eyeing the ungainly human intruders warily.

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The swift, stiff brushwork in Manet's "The Parisienne" (1875) makes one think of blue-black feathers, the iridescent wings of a grackle.

WSJ: A Rustling Theater of the Self | Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity | Metropolitan Museum of Art | By Laura Jacobs