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- Black And White Illustrations
1- self Portrait
2- The Slave
3- Nude in an armchair
4- large seated nude
5- reclining Nude II
6- reclining Nude III
7- Smiling head
8- Stiut Head
- The Plates
1- woman reading
2- the dinner table
3- the invalid
4- interior with harmonium
5- standing nude
6- Carmelina
7- the terrace, st tropez
8- Luxe , calme et volupte
9- Pastoral
10- Portrait with a green stripe
11- self portrait
12- the blue nude
13- standing mode
14- le luxe II
15- Nude By Th Sea
16- the algerian Woman
17- Interior with aubergines
18- Moroccan Landscape , Tangier
19- head , white and rose
20- the green rose
21- the studio , quai st michel
22- tree near trivaux pond
23- bathers by a river
24- interior with a violin
25- the plumed hat
26- woman and goldfish
27- the moorishscreen
28- odalisque with raised arms
29- decorative figure on an ornamental background
30- still - life with green buffet
31- girl in a yellow dress
32- the dance
33- the dance
34- pink nude
35- the lady in blue
36- music
37- woman with etruscan vase
38- the dream
39- still - life with oysters
40- the idol
41- small blue interior
42- the pineapple
43- large interior in red
44- the egyptian curtain
45- plum blossoms , green background
46- zulma
47- the sorrows of the king
48- the snail
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المستخلص
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The work of Henri Matisse (1869—1954) reflects an ongoing belief in the power of brilliant colors and simple forms. Though famed in particular for his paintings, Matisse also worked with drawing, sculpture, lithography, stained glass, and collage, developing his unique cut-out medium when old age left him unable to stand and paint.
Matisse’s subjects were often conventional: nudes, portraits, and figures in landscapes, Oriental scenes, and interior views, but in his handling of bold color and fluid draftsmanship, he secured his place as a 20th-century master. It was Matisse’s palette that particularly thrilled the modern imagination. With vivid blue, amethyst purple, egg-yolk yellow, and many shades beyond he liberated his work from a meticulous representation of reality and sought instead a “vital harmony,” often referring to music as an inspiration or analogy for his work.
From vast patterned panels to simple and tender portraits, this book introduces the full reach and creativity of Matisse’s career, spanning his early work within the Fauvism movement right through to his latter-year projects such as Jazz and the Chapelle du Rosaire in Vence.
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