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 1 <strong>Cézanne</strong>, Still Life with Apples<br />
This painting's plasticity depends above all on the tension between two<br />
main planes. The white tablecloth forms a plane which pulls down, right, <strong>and</strong><br />
forward. The floral cloth in the background forms a second plane which opposes<br />
the first, pulling up, left, <strong>and</strong> back. Loran never mentioned this crucial tension.<br />
Instead he used diagrams to analyze outlines, tensions amongst smaller planes,<br />
tension paths, movement of volumes, linear construction, curved lines, color<br />
gradations, light <strong>and</strong> dark areas, <strong>and</strong> positive <strong>and</strong> negative shapes.<br />
Loran's book is the classic authority on <strong>Cézanne</strong>'s construction.<br />
Unfortunately it will leave you confused about pictorial space.<br />
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