The Bathers, by Cézanne
Six paintings. One concept
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In these paintings, Cézanne treats bodies as volumes, as we can see in the lack of detail and abstraction. He does not care about reproducing nature as it is seen, but how to structure the space. The groups of bathers are so functional for the composition that he never abandoned the theme and returned to it from time to time throughout the decades.
This use of bodies as volumes and geometrization (perceivable here but even more noticeable in his still lifes and landscapes) had a decisive influence on the birth of Cubism.
Recommended links:
“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”
Paul Cézanne and his Revolutionary Still Lifes.
Fundamental Paintings to Understand the History of Painting: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Picasso.
Fundamental Differences between Analytic and Synthetic Cubism.
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