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LES DEMOISELLES d' AVIGNON' THE TURNING POINT OF 20th CENTURY ART
Before the 20th century, the artist had always tried to imitate nature. Scenes, often based on religious, mythological or true to life everyday events, were made to appear as realistic as possible, as if seen through a window'. However, with the end of the 19th century, many changes were taking place. New scientific discoveries such as The Theory of Relativity', and Freudian insights into the human psyche and the interpretation of dreams gave way to a new way of thinking. New materials and new inventions, such as the railway, the car, the camera and of course the x-ray machine, were all having an impact on the way people saw things. The x-ray machine made people more aware of the fact that there was more to the world than met the eye. It was fast becoming an industrial age. Artists needed a new way and a fresh approach that would express the hopes of a new age; it was the beginnings of Modernism!' Art would never be the same again.
Many artists felt the urge to rebel against the academic and art establishment in order to achieve artistic freedom. They were becoming increasingly tired of the same old classical paintings and the same methods of producing them. Some, such as the impressionists, had begun to break away, Paul Cézanne being a case in point. Eventually he went a step further and started to experiment by flattening his still life images and emphasising the plural viewpoint given by binocular vision. He had also started to play around with the simplification of natural forms by means of Platonic cylinders, spheres, pyramids and cubes.
The Grounds of Chateau Noir Paul Cezanne.
Cézannes use of perspective, composition and colour had profound influence on 20th century art. Even based on the few pieces I have had the privilege of viewing during gallery visits in London, it is easy to see why Cézannes later...
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