Still Life. Victoria Charles
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Название: Still Life
Автор: Victoria Charles
Издательство: Parkstone International Publishing
Жанр: Иностранные языки
Серия: Mega Square
isbn: 978-1-78160-828-9
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One way or another this link does exist and clearly proclaims its existence in the powerful lapidary forms of the early Cubist paintings, in which still life will play an essential role as an experimental genre. The astonishing pace with which the language of objects changed in Picasso’s painting is eloquently demonstrated by the still lifes of 1906–1908.
Still Life with Fruits
Paul Cézanne, 1879–1880
Oil on canvas, 45 × 54 cm
The Hermitage, Saint Petersburg
If there is anything that most closely expresses Cézanne’s celebrated behest, it is the still lifes which Picasso produced on the threshold of Cubism. The objects in them appear as symbols of “object-ness” itself, as if the artist intended to carve out in the thickness of paint graven images of minor deities – the patrons of form and substance.
Still Life with Dish, Glass and Apples
Paul Cézanne, 1879–1880
Oil on canvas, 46 × 55 cm
Private collection, Paris
The principle of “reverse perspective” together with dense texture creates the impression of a palpable density of space, which the founders of Cubism attempted to “tame” (to somewhat distort Braque’s words).
Apples and Leaves
Ilya Repin, 1879
Oil on canvas, 64 × 75.5 cm
Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Picasso never became hung up on the realisation of abstract ideas and, moved by inner impulses, continued to change rapidly. Henri Matisse understood the language of things and the very tradition of the genre in a totally different way.
Fruits from the Midi
Auguste Renoir, 1881
Oil on canvas, 51 × 68 cm
The Art Institute, Chicago
He did long studies of artistic tradition and made many copies of Old Masters. At the same time, Matisse had an affection for the Primitives and children’s drawings which was fully in keeping with his pursuit of pure expressivity.
Vase of Flowers on a Table
Paul Cézanne, 1882–1887
Oil on canvas, 60 × 73 cm
Private collection, Paris
His still lifes reflect various stages in the cleansing of the palette and change of techniques used to apply paint. In the mid-1910s Matisse’s painterly hand gained assurance and his colour a saturated intensity.
Still Life with a Chest of Drawers
Paul Cézanne, 1883–1887
Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 90.2 cm
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
He freed himself completely from the compromise of halftones and revealed the limits of pure expressivity inherent in line and colour, yet he did not break with the material world. His path forward was clear and consisted in bringing the principles he had discovered to perfection.
Peaches (in the door of the Salon Durand-Ruel)
Claude Monet, 1883
Oil on canvas, 50.5 × 37 cm
Private collection
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