Cezanne's apple and Albers's curvilinear composition

In the previous blog about Seurat’s [The model], I showed that he used the technique which I named [circle-cross model].

Seurat and Cezanne somehow reached the same technique.

As Seurat's paintings are illustrative paintings,
most people failed to see the form, just trying to read the content.

Cezanne's paintings are only landscapes and still lifes, and their contents are not important.
Only those who understand the shapes noticed its importance.
This was why Cezanne was said to be the father of modern art.
If you look at everything on the level of formal art, most of architecture and sculpture can be enjoyed just by looking at photos,
All works can be classified because of their geometric structure.
A necessary condition for a masterpiece is that its shape has a unique structure.
The creator becomes the inventor of the device to create a new structure.
 This time I introduce a neglected work by Albers.                                                    
 

     Albers [circle]  circle-cross model


The pink part of the spiral of "Circle" is made by connecting different parts of the same circle. As a result, the distortion is slightly different from that of the circle even though the bending is the same.
This is how to draw a Cezanne apple curve. I call this type of curve linear abstract art “Cezanne’s apple-like abstract art”: curves are made of arcs of a few circles.

 

   Cezanne [Seven apples]  circle-cross model
It looks like a structure deliberately designed using a circular cross model.
A) Six types of circular arcs are used to create a basic structure. (Scale 6)
B)There are intersections of three or more circles in several places.
C)The balance effect is achieved by the units (the circle and its vertical-horizontal diameter) which are arranged in a straight line.

It is likely that Cezanne discovered the compositional technique intuitively and Albers could see the technique in Cezanne’s still life.

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