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Matisse
Title: Matisse
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 469 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Matisse
A special chapter in the history of modern sculpture could be devoted to artists who are known primarily for their careers as painters, but who have also made groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of three-dimensional form. Henri Matisse, celebrated as one of this century's greatest colorists, is also now recognized for the brilliant invention he brought to his sculptural compositions.
Born in La Cateau-Cambrésis, in northern France, Matisse first studied law before taking up …showed first 75 words of 469 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 469 total…progressively straightened and the axis of the spine becomes the increasing focus of the composition. The four panels were executed over a twenty-year span, with each successive image reworked from a plaster cast of the preceding one. The Backs were never shown together during Matisse's lifetime and were not conceived as a series or set. Rather, they should be regarded as one work that passed through four stages-an ongoing sculptural clarification of the artist's vision.
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