Pictorial Space throughout Art History: Cézanne and ... - ARAS
Pictorial Space throughout Art History: Cézanne and ... - ARAS
Pictorial Space throughout Art History: Cézanne and ... - ARAS
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<strong>ARAS</strong> Connections Issue 2, 2012<br />
Plate 14: Modigliani <strong>and</strong> Cycladic<br />
Plate 14-1 Amedeo Modigliani. Italian.<br />
Jeanne Hebuterne. 1918. Copyright<br />
2000-2009 The Metropolitan Museum<br />
of <strong>Art</strong>, New York.<br />
The painting's green<br />
background pulls up, left, <strong>and</strong> back<br />
against the plane of the body which<br />
pushes right, down, <strong>and</strong> forward. In<br />
the sculpture, a similar tension is<br />
formed between the plane of the harp<br />
<strong>and</strong> the parallel plane of the body.<br />
In each figure the arms <strong>and</strong><br />
head are related to each other like the<br />
spokes of an unfolding fan. In each<br />
Cycladic sculpture influenced<br />
Modigliani, leading him to simplify the<br />
figure <strong>and</strong> concentrate on formal<br />
organization.<br />
In the sculpture the horizontal<br />
planes in the harp <strong>and</strong> the chair divide<br />
the overall cube proportionately, as does<br />
the vertical plane of the player's torso.<br />
In the painting the background <strong>and</strong> the<br />
chair divide the rectangle.<br />
Plate 14-2 Cycladic. Seated Harp<br />
Player. 2800 B.C. Copyright 2000-2009<br />
The Metropolitan Museum of <strong>Art</strong>, New<br />
York.<br />
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