FA 30b Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Iberian Sculpture, L'Atelier Rouge, Henri Matisse
8 May 2017
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Toward abstraction: the modernist revolution, 1904 - 1914 pages 945 - 981. Fauvism: matisse"s woman with a hat uses intense, vivid colors. The colors are not used to represent a specific object, instead they contrast with the colors around them. The work takes influence from cezanne: matisse"s luxe, calme, et volupte takes influence from the pointillism that seurat used. Individual brushstrokes and dots of vibrant and vivid colors are used. The colors are intense and characteristic of the fauvists ( wild beasts ): matisse"s the joy of life takes influence from earlier exhibited paintings by gauguin. The work uses curvilinear forms to make the painting sensuous. Figures appear to dissolve into one another and is increasingly more abstract than the artist"s earlier works. Characteristic of fauvism is the use of juxtaposition in the interaction of the bright and vivid colors: matisse"s the red studio primarily uses the color red.
