Manao tupapau
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Manao tupapau is the original Tahitian title of Paul Gauguin’s famous 1892 painting depicting a young Tahitian girl lying on a bed while a ghostly spirit watches over her.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manao tupapau canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
work of art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Spirit of the Dead Watching ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
dark tones
ⓘ
violet hues ⓘ yellow highlights ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | French Polynesia ⓘ |
| creator |
Paul Gauguin
ⓘ
surface form:
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| creatorResidenceAtTimeOfCreation | Tahiti ⓘ |
| depicts |
ghostly spirit
ⓘ
interior lit by unnatural light ⓘ young Tahitian girl ⓘ |
| depictsEmotion |
anxiety
ⓘ
fear ⓘ |
| depictsPlace | interior of a Tahitian dwelling ⓘ |
| genre | symbolist painting ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | colonial-era Tahiti ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bed
ⓘ
lying figure ⓘ watching spirit figure ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ primitivism in Western art ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| inception | 1892 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Polynesian beliefs about spirits
ⓘ
Tahitian folklore ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
encounter between life and death
ⓘ
visualization of a girl’s fear of the dead ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Tahitian spirituality
ⓘ
fear of spirits ⓘ female nude ⓘ |
| movement |
Post-Impressionism
ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Manao tupapau ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian period works ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Tahitian language ⓘ |
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