Georges Braque and Paul Cézanne Contrasting Essay.

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Georges Braque and Paul Cézanne Contrasting Essay

            In Paul Cézanne’s paintings – ‘Still Life with Basket of Apples’, that is mainly what is in the painting. A basket on its side half full with apples, a wine bottle standing beside it, apples scattered on the cloth and in the background a plate with what look likes bread rolls or small baguettes, all of which are sitting on what looks like the kitchen table. The apples look like they have just been placed randomly on the table and in the basket and the bottle and bread look as though they have just been placed there to take up space in the painting. When I first looked at this painting the object that caught my eye first was the basket of apples. It is the largest object in the painting and is clustered with apples inside and around the basket. Also because of the name – ‘Still Life with Basket of Apples’, the main thing I would be expecting to see would be the basket and apples.

            In Georges Braque’s painting – ‘Still Life with Glass and Newspaper’ it is very different to Cézanne’s Impressionist painting. In Braque’s painting there are many different objects of different sizes and it is quite hard to make out what one object is actually meant to be. From the title you gather that there is hidden somewhere in the painting glasses and newspapers. The painting isn’t that clear what is in it however, you can make out what looks like to be a newspaper headline. This was the first thing I noticed when I saw this painting. The newspaper headline painted in black and on a white background is very bold and stands out form everything else.

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            Cézanne was an Impressionist artist and painted objects quite realistic to an extent. He simplified his painting and did not add every little bit of detail into them.

Cézanne was aware of the fact that the painter does not copy nature but tries to make a caricature of the subject. He painted what the eye saw and yet painted the structures of reality as understood by us humans. In this painting he used warm, autumn, rustic colours. The colours he used were not distinct, there were of many different shades. Cézanne used strong, violent ...

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