Dance

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954

Oil on canvas; 260 x 391 cm

State Hermitage

Dance, together with Music, was commissioned by S.I.Shchukin to decorate the staircase in his Moscow mansion. Matisse took the motif of the round dance, used as a symbol as back as far as French Renaissance, to represent the rhythm and expression of the 20th century. The spaciousness and expressive lines emphasize the dynamics of the figures. Simplified and schematic forms intensify the brightness and resonance of the three colours – red, blue and green.

Серия сообщений "танцы":
Часть 1 - Бурлеск, 1935 г. Александр Дейнека
Часть 2 - Эрни Барнс Sugar Shack, the 1970s_by Ernie Barnes (1938-2009)
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Часть 7 - ТАНЕЦ В ЖИВОПИСИ (ТАНЦЫ НАРОДОВ МИРА ЧАСТЬ 24
Часть 8 - ТАНЦЫ НАРОДОВ МИРА ЧАСТЬ 31
Часть 9 - Dance /Henri Matisse, 1869-1954
Часть 10 - Dancing for the bride / Zvi Malnovitzer
Часть 11 - Танцевальное... Художник Вячеслав Хабиров
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Часть 18 - Рафал Мальчевский. Танец
Часть 19 - исступлённый танцор/ Кокошка
Часть 20 - ПАВАНА / Une pavane / Edwin Austin Abbey