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 />
there are tensions between the ribs of the fan.<br />
In these two pieces, one neolithic <strong>and</strong> one from the twentieth century, the<br />
human figure is simplified into an ordered geometrical essence <strong>and</strong> then<br />
integrated into the overall cube or rectangle.<br />
Plate 15: Hofmann <strong>and</strong> Casper<br />
In Hofmann's<br />
painting I see a diagonal<br />
from the lower-left corner to<br />
the upper-right corner. It is<br />
contained by the diagonal<br />
that runs forward over the<br />
yellow <strong>and</strong> red rectangles.<br />
The red rectangle<br />
pulls right, down <strong>and</strong><br />
forward, against the yellow<br />
rectangle which pulls in the<br />
opposite direction. The<br />
larger extent of the red<br />
plane helps balance the<br />
brighter yellow plane. The red planes at the top are behind the lower red plane,<br />
<strong>and</strong> yet are connected to the flat picture plane. Overall the painting feels spacious<br />
<strong>and</strong> powerful.<br />
Plate 15-1 Hans Hofmann. American. Memoria<br />
in Aeternum. 1962. Copyright Museum of<br />
Modern <strong>Art</strong>, New York.<br />
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