See Stephen J. Campbell, "'Fare una cosa morta parer viva': Michelangelo, Rosso, and the (un)divinity of art", The Art Bulletin 84, No. MoMA, Floor 5, 506 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries Matisse created Dance (I) as a study for a painting commissioned by the Russian businessman and arts patron Sergei Shchukin. Matisse’s Dance II (1910) Here is a tip to improve your perception. Yesterday artist Jay Rolfe came across a passage in the Matisse biography he's reading which expresses some of my own views about art. For a further link between this painting and the Sistine Chapel, see the brief post on "Magic from Matisse and Michelangelo". An extremely wealthy Russian industrialist named Sergei Shchukin asked Matisse for three large scale canvases to decorate the spiral staircase of his mansion, the Trubetskoy Palace, in Moscow. The painting depicted five female bodies that circled with hands to dance crazily. Both symbolize the purity (and reflection) of the artist's eye which, as in alchemy, is both royal and androgynous as Matisse's figure of "Velazquez" is too. The circular dance style hand in hand was full of fluid dynamic sense, publicizing the energy of life. What the heck, here it is again! The final painting features a dark blue background that pushes the radiant red bodies to … There were many paintings depicting dance. 552-66; Bronzino also addressed sonnets to Michelangelo that acclaim him as both God and as the Archangel Michael. To use copyrighted material in print or other media for purposes beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Henri Matisse, Dance I, 1909, oil on canvas, 259.7 x 390 cm (Museum of Modern Art, New York City) In 1909 Matisse received an important commission. Nude like her and seen from behind too, he is the Archangel Michael, a take on Michelangelo.3 Matisse's woman thus represents both Michelangelo and Matisse. Privacy Policy. © Simon Abrahams. Both arms, though, like those in the Creation also represent the outstretched arm of a painter with the man's hand enlarged and floppy like a brush. Lines and colors in Matisse were perfectly combined together and the sense of space they produced made the dancers with the free dancing posture. The Dance by Henri Matisse is a two part celebration in the movement of human bodies. Page 1 of 2 Matisse’s Dance I Henri Matisse, Dance I, 1909 (MoMA) In 1909 Matisse received an important commission. Bottom L: Diagram of Matisse's Dance II. "The Dance" painting from 1909 in the background is at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC displayed in a stairwell - which is what it was created for. Bottom: Diagram of Velazquez's Las Meninas, detail. Articles on this site are the copyright of Simon Abrahams. The Dance was painted during Henri Matisse's mature period. Design by Kind Company. The composition of dancing figures is commonly recognized as "a key point of (Matisse's) career and in the development of modern painting". Note too how the two blue hills behind Adam (bottom) are repeated in the two green hills in The Dance (top). Young Family Walking in Poppies At Argenteuil by Monet, A Wheatfield on a Summer's Afternoon 1942, A Brief Analysis of Freud's Oil Painting Techniques. Top R: Diagram of Velazquez's Infanta Margarita Louvre, Paris That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. Also you should remember, that this work was alredy submitted once by a student who originally wrote it. The final work and its pendant painting, *Music ((both completed in 1910), are housed in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Middle L: Detail of Matisse's Dance II, rotated What did he see in it? The dancer at left, its gender changed and made taller, takes the place of the tall Velazquez, also on the left. 4, p. 620, n. 109. An extremely wealthy Russian industrialist named Sergei Shchukin asked Matisse for three large scale canvases to decorate the spiral staircase of his mansion, the Trubetskoy Palace, in Moscow. This Website is owned and operated by Studentshare Ltd (HE364715) , having its registered office at Aglantzias , 21, COMPLEX 21B, Floor 2, Flat/Office 1, Aglantzia , Cyprus. For the project, Matisse re-envisioned the circling nude dancers of his brightly colored Joy of Life (1906), in a pared-down palette and simplified lines. Las Meninas is a circular dance like Matisse's (see red oval) so, consistent with EPPH's explanation of the Velazquez, Matisse placed his "self-portrait" where the mirror would be. Henri Matisse, Dance I, 1909, oil on canvas, 259.7 x 390 cm (Museum of Modern Art, New York City) In 1909 Matisse received an important commission.
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