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The Body Nude: some key points … The nude = a product of art, not just a naked person. The male nude: primary subject of ancient Greek sculpture (the ultimate source of the idealised nude in art) and much classical art until late 18 th century. Controlling and containing the body; ‘seductive but not obscene’. In some 19 th century paintings, both academic and avant-garde, the gaze of the (male) viewer is exposed, and voyeurism is itself scrutinised and questioned. Painterly treatment of the nude can reveal the fact that a painting is a construction, not a replication of reality, but it can also betray a more intense, emotional response. Naturalistic representations of the nude eliminate the disguise of narrative, along with classical conventions such as idealisation the body.

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The Body Nude: some key points …• The nude = a product of art, not just a naked person.• The male nude: primary subject of ancient Greek

sculpture (the ultimate source of the idealised nude in art) and much classical art until late 18th century.

• Controlling and containing the body; ‘seductive but not obscene’.

• In some 19th century paintings, both academic and avant-garde, the gaze of the (male) viewer is exposed, and voyeurism is itself scrutinised and questioned.

• Painterly treatment of the nude can reveal the fact that a painting is a construction, not a replication of reality, but it can also betray a more intense, emotional response.

• Naturalistic representations of the nude eliminate the disguise of narrative, along with classical conventions such as idealisation the body.

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more exposure …

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22. Degas, Woman with a Lorgnette 27. Cassatt, Woman in Black at the Opera, 1880

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22. 28. Cézanne, A Modern Olympia, 1873

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28. Cézanne

10. Manet

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1. Self-Portrait with Easel, 1885-87

Form and Space:

‘Nothing to Hide’:

Cézanne andPost-Impressionism

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6. The Abduction, 1867 7. The Murder, c1867-68

9. Still Life: Skull and Candlestick, c18668. Self-Portrait, 1861-62

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4. The Large Bathers, 1898-1905

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11. Bathers, 1892-94

10. Bathers, 1890-91

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12. The Large Bathers, 1900-1905

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13. Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1904-6 14. Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1906

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• Fleeting, transient effects

• Atmospheric• Painted rapidly and

spontaneously

• Objective record of optical phenomena

• Enduring, timeless

• Solid and substantial• Painstaking,

calculated construction

• Intense subjective response to the subject

Impressionism Cézanne(Post-Impressionism)

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13. Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1904-6 14. Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1906

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15. In the Park of the Chateau Noirc1898

16. Winding Road in Provencec1868

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18. The Thaw, 1870-7117. Turn in the Road, 1881

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20. Pissarro, The Road to Ennery, 1874

19. Cézanne, The Sea at L’Estaque, 1882-85

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19. The Sea at L’Estaque, 1882-85

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7. The Murder

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20. Pissarro, The Road to Ennery, 1874

19. Cézanne, The Sea at L’Estaque, 1882-85

21. CézanneThe House of the Hanged Man, 1872-73

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Displacement of drama and emotion:

• 1860s: Figures enact violent and disturbing events in landscape settings.

• 1870s onwards: Figures are absent, but the landscape is invested with emotion via the formal qualities of the paintings: dramatic or ambiguous spatial effects; brooding or jarring colours; collisions of foreground and background.

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22. House and Farm at Jas de Bouffan, 1889-90

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22. House and Farm at Jas de Bouffan, 1889-90

23. A Modern Olympia, 1869-70

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24.Madame Cezanne in Red

c1880-1889

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25. Still Life with a basket, 1888-90

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Spatial effects:

• Problem of representing 3-dimensional objects on a 2-dimensional surface.

• Attention to surface structure rather than coherent treatment of objects in space.

• Multiple viewpoints rather than single, static viewpoint.

• Moving around objects – succession of different perspectives.

• Tipped-up viewpoint – everything displayed prominently – no distant space.

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25. Still Life with a basket, 1888-90

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26. Still Life (detail), 1895

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27. Ginger Jar and Fruit, c1895 28. Still Life: Sugar Pot, Pears and Blue Cup, c1866

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29. Still Life with Skull, 1895-1900

30. Still Life: Skull and Candlestick, c1866

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32. Pyramid of Skulls, c1901

31. Three Skulls, 1900

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6. The Abduction, 1867

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7. The Murder, c1867-68

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Two sides to Cézanne …

• The formal structure of Cézanne’s paintings is significant – particularly his juxtaposition of colour-patches to create a sense of space.

• The intensely emotive aspects of Cézanne’s paintings are also important, though often overlooked. Throughout his career he produced works that appear disturbing, dramatic and disjunctive.