Word: lifesize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Of the first variety, Schapiro's study of the "Apples of Cezanne" is fascinating. Schapiro notes the central place given to apples in Cezanne's still lifes and explores the source of his choice of objects. Schapiro leads the reader through Cezanne's early paintings and writings to point out...
Unfortunately, some of this is lost in the Cleveland installation, which denies the paintings the daylight they need, and bathes everything in electric glare. What remains unmistakable is the way Chardin extended his ideal of the family to include groups of objects as well as people. Once one has been...
But the fervor of this painting, almost literally an opposition of fire and ice, is comparatively rare in Chardin's output. Generally his still lifes declare themselves more slowly. One needs to savor the Jar of Apricots, for instance, before discovering its resonances, which are not only visual but...
With its two dimensions, painting can only represent space. But sculpture has three. It can absorb space into its own fabric. One of the key moments in this development came in 1912, when Pablo Picasso, then 31, snipped and bent some sheet metal into the semblance of a guitar. It...
The movie begins with stark images-still lifes snapped around a disused beach house, then female hands and pensive, pained faces. That style, an emblem of high seriousness, persists throughout a film one will remember mainly for its look: actors grouped in self-consciously arresting ways, costumes and sets done...