Understanding the mental processes involved in painting is vital to understanding how reflections could go wrong.
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Did the Impressionists invent plein air painting? And was Impressionism dependent on the supply of oil paints in tubes?
Trees in snowy landscapes, as painted by Bruegel, van Ruisdael, Courbet, and a multitude of Impressionists. A Wintry feast.
Do you have a ‘photographic memory’ which can recall vivid images from the past?
To date, explanations of discrepancies in Cézanne’s reflections have assumed that they were intentional. Were they, or could they have been the result of his diabetes?
Few landscape painters since have not been deeply influenced by his pioneering paintings. He also anticipated photographic effects on focus.
We should add these Masters to the growing list of those with ‘painterly’ style, and consider whether Impressionism was a development of Venetian ‘colorito’ painting?
His “Mystic Nativity” is a real mystery painting. Here some of its puzzles are explained.
A selection of six more paintings by Cézanne, covering his whole painting career, show marked discrepancies in their reflections.
This extended essay is likely to change much of our thinking about painting, perhaps art in general. It may be the most important book about art of this decade.
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