- Paperback: 157 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; New edition edition (1 July 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0520054598
- ISBN-13: 978-0520054592
- Product Dimensions: 31.1 x 23.5 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,151,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cezanne and the organisation of space,
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This review is from: Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs (Paperback)
This book by Erle Loran was first published in 1943, but it is still a remarkable and fascinating analysis of how Cezanne's paintings work. I have learned more from this book about modern art than from any other single work.
Loran was himself a painter, who went to Provence and stayed in Cezanne's old studio. He found the sites of many of Cezanne's paintings and photographed them with a cheap camera. Years later, he analysed each picture, placing it by the photograph of the motif, thus showing exactly how Cezanne changed things around. Cezanne is often noted for his colour and his brushwork but this study makes clear how fundamental composition was to his painting. Comparisons of the same landscape painted by Renoir and by Cezanne, and again by Pissarro and Cezanne, are particularly revealing. If I were seeking to learn to paint, I would use this book as my text! It is rather dogmatic in places but Loran's method of using diagrams and arrows to illustrate the dynamics of a picture is wonderful.
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This review is from: Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs (Paperback)
I recommended this book to a painter friend recently, showing her my own copy of many years. She, like me, was fascinated by it and I ordered a copy for her then and there. As a figurative painter and admirer of Cezanne I have found this book an invaluable resource both in terms of developing my own understanding of Cezanne's work and as a resource for teaching. The juxtaposition of reproductions with photographs of landscape motifs is particularly interesting, illustrating how Cezanne was prepared to alter what he saw while constructing a painting. The diagrams clearly show the compositional devises used by Cezanne. It's an excellent book!
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4.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Top Ten Books on Composition,
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This review is from: Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs (Paperback)
This book is a must read not only for students of Cezanne and Cubism, but for anyone who would like to understand how a composition is put together. By comparing photographs of subjects painted by Cezanne, to the paintings created, one can see what interested the master in his own work. Cezanne's classic remark about Monet ("He is only an eye. But what an eye!")is clearly relevant here: Cezanne is not only an eye function, but a meditation on the process of visual construction per se. A stimulating and important book.
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great analysis of the master of masters,
By mikael paajanen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs (Paperback)
The book is trully great.... very well written and thoroughly analized...My only problem with it was the lack of colour plates (understanding that the study of his technique is concentrated on the orchestration of planes and volumes). I believe the study of this master requires colours... in order to fully appreciate his methods but also becuse of the pleasure of merely being a spectator and enjoying his art for what it really is...a ballet of fantasy and life!Appart from that I do believe it is a must for any lover of art. 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant explanation of space & planes.,
By Shock Writer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs (Paperback)
Pages 17 to 24 are a so called "Illustrated Glossary" and are worth buying the book for. The classic rules of space and depth and planes are explained in most of their complexity. Then he discusses many many examples of Cezanne's work and how they use the principles of space, planes, and depth. A masterpiece and extensive in its scope. If you really want this type of abstract picture understanding you will not be disappointed. Very highly recommended.
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