HISTART 101 Chapter Notes -Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich
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Mood that artist is in could reflect the painting. Matisse"s work in december, 1910 seville still life. Works prior got critiqued too hard for his liking. Art that appears as if it is moving. Aesthetic of blinding is when the piece looks as if it were moving, and human vision is blurred because of it. Matisse"s work: a surface so tense that our gaze rebounds from it . Matisse did not want dance ii and music to fall into the category of decorative panels . Decorative art was on the rise in the beginning of the 20th century. Expression of people featured in matisse"s work speaks to the audience. Picasso says that research should not be associated with painting. Fault of modern art is that critics/viewers try to find too much meaning in art, dive too deep. People of the time should not have judged cubism if they did not understand it.
