The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 134 - 135 Flashcards
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Twin Titans of the Twentieth Century: Matisse and Picasso
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- Picasso and Matisse, the “North and South Pole” of art
- each inspired a different form of revolt against realism, one of shape, the other of color
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Matisse: In Living Color
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- Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
- he believed that “color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature, but so that we can express our own emotions”
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Art of Omission
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- Matisse sought to eliminate nonessentials and retain only a subject’s most fundamental qualities
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“Feel-Good Paintings”
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- Matisse paintings ignored all social or political controversy
- believed painting should not only be beautiful but should bring pleasure to the viewer
- he was a lawyer before he became a painter
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The Ultimate Paper Cutouts
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- he was bedridden in his last years
