- Язык текста: английский
- ISBN: 9783836531269
- Код книги: 5966
- 96 страниц , 240x300 мм;
- Каталог книг
- Архитектура
- Искусство
- Фотография
- Дизайн
- История культуры
- Увлечения по интересам
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Henri Matisse (1869–1954) is known not only as one of the most important French painters of the 20 th century but also as co-founder and leading exponent of Fauvism. His work reflects an ongoing quest for the expressive power of pure, brilliant colors and simple forms; as a result, the realistic presentation of nature often retires to a secondary position. For Matisse, color did not serve as a tool for the expression of subjective feelings, but rather became the equivalent of light itself: it functioned as a pure medium in the creation of an autonomous pictorial space: «Out of my fruitful work with discovered tones there must emerge a vital color harmony, a harmony that is analogous to a musical composition.» As a creative artist, Matisse was not only a painter, but also experimented with other materials: he produced glass windows and theater designs and created significant sculptures in bronze, ceramic and clay. In old age, confined to a wheelchair, he created collages with colored paper, glue, and scissors: his famed gouache cut-outs.