[image_with_animation image_url=”9424″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] My last V. Note focused on Cezanne’s Objects, a series of photographs from Joel Meyerowitz, a street photographer who documented still life objects of Cezanne and Morandi. I posted Cezanne’s earlier, so today I’ll post his photographs of Morandi’s objects.
In the photographs taken in Morandi’s studio, the photographer sat in the exact same place, looking at the objects in the exact same light as the painter would have. You can see the marks drawn on the table, so Morandi knew where to set the positions of his subjects. In the background is the same paper that Morandi left on the wall, now brittle and yellow with age. You can also see the dust. Preferring muted colors, Morandi was insistent that the bottles and jars in his studio never be dusted.
” load_in_animation=”none I thought “Morandi’s Dust” made a nice title for this post. Evidently I was not the first to think of it. There is also a documentary with the same name. I haven’t watched it, but if you do, please let me know what you think.
Max Ernst used texture rubbings to overcome his fear of the white canvas, and ignite his imagination. “Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.” Max Ernst, 1891-1976 The embedded video preview does not appear to be working, so please click …
Born on this day, September 2 1911, Romare Bearden was an African-American artist who worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils and collages. Read more about Bearden on Wiki.
[image_with_animation image_url=”10046″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Gary Bennett I’ve been a recycling pro since I was a little kid, but over the years I’ve gotten confused about what’s recyclable and what isn’t. Standing in front of the bins, I hesitate with doubt. Used coffee cups? Metal bottle-caps? Gently used paper towels? I guess I’m not …
Aurore de la Morinerie began as a fashion designer in Paris. She then spent two years studying chinese calligraphy, and traveled in Japan, India, China, and Egypt. She says that through calligraphy she learned concentration, strength and rapidity of execution. She now illustrates for clients like Hermes and Le Monde, with a parallel career as a fine …
Morandi’s Dust
[image_with_animation image_url=”9424″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] My last V. Note focused on Cezanne’s Objects, a series of photographs from Joel Meyerowitz, a street photographer who documented still life objects of Cezanne and Morandi. I posted Cezanne’s earlier, so today I’ll post his photographs of Morandi’s objects.
In the photographs taken in Morandi’s studio, the photographer sat in the exact same place, looking at the objects in the exact same light as the painter would have. You can see the marks drawn on the table, so Morandi knew where to set the positions of his subjects. In the background is the same paper that Morandi left on the wall, now brittle and yellow with age. You can also see the dust. Preferring muted colors, Morandi was insistent that the bottles and jars in his studio never be dusted.
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http://www.lapolveredimorandi.com/eng/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PJJSJQp7KQ
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