Matisse’s “Music”
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Matisse’s “Music” is a large early 20th-century Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse that depicts simplified, vividly colored figures engaged in musical performance.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Fauvist painting
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painting → |
| artForm |
oil painting
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| artist |
Henri Matisse
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| creator |
Henri Matisse
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| creatorNationality |
French
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| depictionType |
allegorical scene
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| depicts |
a seated figure playing a guitar or lute-like instrument
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figures engaged in musical performance → figures singing → musicians → nude figures → people making music → simplified human figures → |
| genre |
figurative painting
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| hasPart |
group of five figures
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seated musician → standing singers → |
| inceptionPeriod |
early 20th century
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| languageOfTitle |
French
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| movement |
Fauvism
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| notableFor |
integration of figure and ground
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intense, non-naturalistic color → large scale → radical simplification of form → |
| period |
Matisse’s Fauvist period
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| relatedWork |
Matisse’s “Dance”
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| styleCharacteristic |
bold outlines
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emphasis on decorative surface → expressive color → reduced modeling of volume → simplified forms → |
| subjectMatter |
collective experience
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human body → music → musical performance → |
| theme |
harmony between figures and environment
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joy of life expressed through music → |
| titleInOriginalLanguage |
La Musique
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| usesColor |
flat areas of color
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vivid colors → |
| visualCharacteristic |
compressed pictorial space
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frontal, static poses → lack of detailed background → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Hermitage Museum
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notableWorkHoused |
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The Dance (Matisse)
("Music (Matisse)")
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relatedWork |