Art Appreciation: Matisse
Course details
Course code
Q00013790Course date
Number of classes
1 sessionsTimetable
Branch
Reading BranchTutor
Caroline LevisseFee range
How you'll learn
Venue
Reading International Solidarity Centre35-39 London Street
Reading
RG1 4PS
Qualification name & awarding organisation
Level of study
Entry Levels 1,2,3: If you have never studied this subject before and you’re not confident in your skills, Entry levels are a good starting point.
Level 1: Covers basic skills and knowledge needed for this subject
Level 2: Building on basic knowledge or experience. Similar to Grade 4/ C at GCSE or O level in England or Standards in Scotland.
Level 3: Learn about the topic in-depth and have a broad range of skills. Independent working Equivalent to an A level in England or Higher in Scotland.
Beginners: A perfect introduction if you have no experience and skills in this subject.
Improvers: The next step if you have basic skills or knowledge but want to progress them further.
Advanced: Build on the solid experience and skills you have in this subject, applying your skills and knowledge in a more complex way.
Course overview
Course description
This day-school will retrace the main steps of Matisse’s career, from his late discovery of painting in 1890 to his “second life”, i.e. the cut-outs in the 1950s. Doing so we will study a series of iconic works of art: Le bonheur de vivre, Dance II, and the album Jazz.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was considered by Picasso as his only true rival. Throughout his career, from Fauvism to the cut-outs, he relentlessly explored the expressive potential of lines and colours and kept renewing his style. To viewers, his artworks often appear as joyful and decorative. However, for the artist, their realisation was far from easy and relied on an assiduous creative process. In the introduction you will discover the man behind the art.
Matisse became a painter relatively late in his life, but quickly became a leading figure of the avant-garde with his fauvist paintings. During these crucial years, Matisse stressed the importance of the “decorative” as a key concept to understand how his art functions. We will explain, for instance, why he thought the painting should be like “a good armchair” for the viewer, and provide a “soothing” experience.
Another point of focus of this study-day will be the cut-outs, Matisse’s late years. After serious health issues that prevented him to paint at the easel, he reinvented his creative process. He started cutting and pasting, and created the “cut-outs”. It is also during this time that he designed stained glass windows and ceramic panels for the
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