Sunday, December 16, 2007

Cranach 1530 Matisse 1909

Cranach developed product lines of delirious erotica and hilarious genre scenes.
His re-visionings of humanity are philosophically resonant and lots of fun.



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The momentum of their movement breaks the circle as the arm of the foreground dancer reaches out. Dance, Matisse once said, evoked "life and rhythm."

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