Conceptual Anaylsis of Manet's, Luncheon on the Grass
Conceptual framework analysis:
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Lunch on the Grass), (1863)
Artwork: One of his most famous paintings Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Lunch on the Grass), was rejected by the prestigious Salon, however he was exhibited in the Salon des Refuses. This composition features juxtaposed well dressed men with a nude woman. His influence on this painting was the Judgement of Paris by Raphael and the Concert Champetre by Giorgione’s, both of which featured naked women with clothed men. This juxtaposition of the two fully clothed men and a naked woman caused a great controversy as it was seen as greatly taboo for a woman to be sitting causally with two men in a public place. The nude female’s body appears somewhat luminous and her gaze is directed at the viewer, this could be seen as a further grab for attention by the artist, drawing the viewer’s attention to the nude female’s body. The two men accompanying the woman seem to be ignoring the woman as they are engaged in deep conversation. Their posture and facial expressions give one the impression that they are not at all astonished at the woman’s presence. The woman in the background bathing in the stream also seems ignorant or unbothered by this other nude woman sitting with the men. She appears rather large for figure supposes to be in the background and gives one the impression that she is floating or supernaturally present. The artwork features Manet’s signature blend of blocks of dark/black colours with contrasting lighter colours, the latter of which was influenced by the Impressionist movement, newly emerging at the time.
Artist: Edouard Manet was a French painter who was born on January 23 1832 and who died on April 30 in 1883. He was a pioneer when it came to approaching modern-life subjects in his work, bridging the gap between the art movement’s realism and impressionism. His father, a judge, wished for Manet to pursue a career in law however he rejected this for a career in the
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Lunch on the Grass), (1863)
Artwork: One of his most famous paintings Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Lunch on the Grass), was rejected by the prestigious Salon, however he was exhibited in the Salon des Refuses. This composition features juxtaposed well dressed men with a nude woman. His influence on this painting was the Judgement of Paris by Raphael and the Concert Champetre by Giorgione’s, both of which featured naked women with clothed men. This juxtaposition of the two fully clothed men and a naked woman caused a great controversy as it was seen as greatly taboo for a woman to be sitting causally with two men in a public place. The nude female’s body appears somewhat luminous and her gaze is directed at the viewer, this could be seen as a further grab for attention by the artist, drawing the viewer’s attention to the nude female’s body. The two men accompanying the woman seem to be ignoring the woman as they are engaged in deep conversation. Their posture and facial expressions give one the impression that they are not at all astonished at the woman’s presence. The woman in the background bathing in the stream also seems ignorant or unbothered by this other nude woman sitting with the men. She appears rather large for figure supposes to be in the background and gives one the impression that she is floating or supernaturally present. The artwork features Manet’s signature blend of blocks of dark/black colours with contrasting lighter colours, the latter of which was influenced by the Impressionist movement, newly emerging at the time.
Artist: Edouard Manet was a French painter who was born on January 23 1832 and who died on April 30 in 1883. He was a pioneer when it came to approaching modern-life subjects in his work, bridging the gap between the art movement’s realism and impressionism. His father, a judge, wished for Manet to pursue a career in law however he rejected this for a career in the