Henri Essays

  • Henri Matisse

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    Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was born December 31st, 1869 to two storeowners, Emile and Heloise Matisse. His father wanted him to be a lawyer, so later on in life he could takeover the family business. They sent him to Henri Martin Grammar School where he studied to be a lawyer. There was a hint of artist in Henri because while working as a lawyer’s assistant he took up a drawing course (Essers 7). It was for curtain design but it seemed to be destiny for a lawyer’s assistant to take up such a

  • Henri Matisse:Goldfish

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    Henri Matisse: Goldfish Henri Emoile Matisse, born in 1869, is regarded as one of the “great formative figures in 20th-century art”, as well as the leader of the Fauve group. Fauvism is defined as “an early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and marked by the use of bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors.” Matisse was associated with this group due to his use of vivid colors, as well as his unusual style of presenting objects. Many critics at this time called

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson

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    Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson is one of the world’s most influential photography Masters. With his small hand camera he unobtrusively photographed people’s lives around the world. He was solely responsible for bridging the gap between photojournalism and art. He has published more than a dozen books of his work. The greatest museums in the world have shown his work. From my start as a photographer, I was always drawn to taking photographs of people. I feel it was only instinct that

  • Laughter by Henri Bergson

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    Laughter by Henri Bergson In his very thorough treatise on comedy, “Laughter,” Henri Bergson concedes that “it would be idle to attempt to derive every comic effect from one simple formula” (Bergson, 85), but nonetheless bases his concept of the comic on “something mechanical encrusted upon the living” (Bergson, 92). This idea – that humor is found essentially in a rime of automatism covering human expression – generally holds true for the short humor of Robert Benchley, James Thurber, Garrison

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson

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    Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson has been called "equivocal, ambivalent and accidental"1 since his debut as a photojournalist. Amplified and enriched, the work of the photographer is revealed in all its grandeur. While he may appear to "be a hurried man or a traveler without luggage"2, to quote a few of his titles, he is a poet, attentive to the act of love made with each photograph, and this is where the genius is revealed. From a desired distance, we discover simultaneously the geographer

  • Henri Bergson's Laughter

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    Laughter is an interesting topic. Mainly because of the lack of thought that goes with it as to why we laugh. In an article titled Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson, the theory behind why things are funny is explored. He mentions many different things in his article pertaining to the comic, however, there are a few that stand out more than others. He talks directly about the fact that things are only funny if they relate to humans. Then he touches on the idea that

  • Henri Matisse Research Paper

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    subject-matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.” - Henri Matisse Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) is widely considered the greatest colorist of the twentieth century and one of the most prominent figures of art in the Modern era. Beginning his career as a Post-Impressionist, he later became the leader of the Fauvism

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was arguably the greatest graphic artist of his time; he is best remembered for his bold, colourful posters of Parisian entertainers. His childhood years were spent at his family chateau in the southwest of France where he broke both of his legs and therefore stunted his growth. This left him ill proportioned and dwarfish. This unfortunate event probably helped his artistic ability as he spent most of his time on his own. Lautrec was

  • Henri Matisse And Vincent Van Gogh Analysis

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    Henri Matisse and Vincent Van Gogh were great artists that contributed to their art styles overwhelmingly. The first one, Matisse, was a French artist known his talented way of using color and his original style of draughtsman ship. He is primarily known as a painter, but also excelled in being a sculptor. Along the likes of Picasso and Duchamp, Matisse is known as one of the artists that helped to revolutionize plastic arts. During his lifetime, he was called by many as a Fauvre, but in his later

  • Analysis Of Henri Matisse's The Sorrowss Of The King

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    Sabrina Gomez Art 2 Ledgerwood 31 March 2014 Art Report The two works of art I am writing about are Henri Matisse’s “The Sorrows of the King” 1952 and “Le Bonheur de vivre” 1905-06. Both of these works are made my Henri Matieese. Matieese used all spectrum of colors in both these artworks. It is obvious to see the people painted in Le Bonheur de vivre, but not as easy to see what object is in the painting The Sorrow of the King. This paper will review Matisse’s decision and choices. Along with my

  • Pastoral Landscapes In Henri Matisse's The Joy Of Life

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    From 1905 to 1906 Henri Matisse completed the Le Bonheur de Vivre or The Joy of Life, one of the most famous works of fauvism, that demonstrated Matisse's want to change the common pastoral landscape found since antiquity by strong contour lines and fauvist colors. Matisse living through impressionism saw the need and desire for art to be pushed past the boundaries of the pre conceived notions of what was aesthetically pleasing, which had barely been change since the founding of art. In The Joy of

  • Henri Matisse: Le Bonheur De Vivre Or The Joy Of Life

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    “Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the greatest colorist of the twentieth century and as a rival of Pablo Picasso in the importance of his innovations. He emerged as a post-Impressionist, and first achieved prominence as the leader of French movement Fauvism.” (Art Story, March 17, 2018.). While “Picasso was considered radical in his work, Picasso continues to garner reverence for his technical mastery, visionary, creativity and profound empathy. Together, these qualities have distinguished

  • Traditional African Art: Pablo Picasso And Henri Matisse

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    into the settings of European and American art galleries and exhibits. Modern artists were drawn to African sculpture because of its sophisticated approach to the abstraction of the human figure. During this time period artists like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, were thriving in trend setting for the entire art community. During the early 1900s, the aesthetics of traditional African sculpture became a powerful influence among European

  • An American In Paris

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    Bubble Gum. Adam Cook is one of Jerry's very good friends in Paris. He is currently unemployed and keeps winning scholarships to stay overseas. Though, he is not doing much with any of them. Adam works at a bistro down the street playing piano for Henri. Henri shows Jerry a picture of his young girlfriend. As he is describing his girlfriend Jerry imagines five different personality of young Lise. Jerry works in Montmartre selling his paintings on the street. He has a hard time with criticism though.

  • Advertising

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    Switzerland was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé and is today the world's biggest food and beverage company. 1866 -1905 In the 1860s Henri Nestlé, a pharmacist, developed a food for babies who were unable to breastfeed. His first success was a premature infant who could not tolerate his mother's milk or any of the usual substitutes. People quickly recognized the value of the new product, after Nestlé's new formula saved the child's life, and soon, Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé was being sold in much

  • La Grotte Cosquer

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    La Grotte Cosquer Not too long ago Henri Cosquer was swimming, 110 ft. below sea level, through a long, narrow, and treacherous entry passage, the warm Mediterranean waters closing in all around him. The darkness was so thick he could almost feel it. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, Henri pulled himself out of the murky waters and onto the rough, dry floor of what seemed to be a large cave. After his eyes focused and his breathing had settled back to its normal rhythm, Cosquer beheld

  • The Cosquer Cave Discovery

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    my own discoveries as I, have explored Cosquer Cave. In 1991, a diver by the name of Henri Cosquer from Cassis discovered the cave that is now named for him. His discovery was so extraordinary and unexpected that some scientists believed it to be a deception or very probably a farce. But soon after his discovery scientists using modern procedures performed datings that confirmed Cosquer’s discovery. Henri Cosquer had discovered and important archeological site! The cave is located at Cape

  • Chaos and Literary Comparison

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    most easily through an analysis of John Hawkes's Travesty. The short novel takes place in a speeding elegant sports car. The driver, who is the narrator, refers to himself as Papa. Papa is driving his daughter and a poet and family "friend," Henri. While driving, Papa informs them that he is aware of Henri's affair with both Papa's daughter and wife, and he is going to crash the car and all of its passengers into the stone wall of a desolate farmhouse. His purpose for this violent action is

  • Qualities Of A Pastoral Carer

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    of Jesus’ heart is a knowledge of the heart. And when we live in the world with that knowledge, we cannot do other than bring healing, reconciliation, new life, and hope wherever we go.'; Spiritual maturity is essential as the above quote of Henri Nouwen explains and is further defined by St Gregory the Great where he wrote, “That man, therefore, ought by all means to be drawn with cords to be an example of good living…who studies so to live that he may be able to water even dry

  • Henri Matisse Analysis

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    The year 1913, Henri Matisse returned to printmaking. Developing numerous prints of drypoints, woodcuts, lithographs, monotypes, and etchings. Matisse focused on the world around him, which included friends and family, everyday life in the studio, but it was the tools and techniques the artist used that had a significant impact on his work. Matisse began working on prints for Bathers in 1913, working with models in various seated and standing positions. The artist was working to simplify the human