Dance movements of Harunobu’s「Momijimai], comparing with Matisse's [Dance 2] and Seurat's [Cancan]

In the blogg [The masterpieces like Harunobum,ｓ [Momiji-mai] have ingenious compositional devices  1 circle model], I showed the arc circle model.

 

Arc is atom of art.

The smallest unit of art work is defined as an arc.

A circle, which is an extension of an arc, can have various structures.

As compositional device, circles are divided into three groups according to their size.

A group of large circles form the foundation structure,

A medium group makes  movements.

Small group unify the details.

This time, I will explain the technique of making  movements by intersecting medium sized  circles.

Harunobu  [Momijimai]  circle arc model (medium sized circles)

It is common to find a paper stencil pattern method that uses circles that overlap each other on the screen bundle the circles.

With some experience some artists noticed the device to control the movement by making intersections.

 That is why Matisse executed Dance II after Dance I.

Matisse  [Dance 2] arc circle model (second largest circles)

Seurat , at the end of his career, he was interested to construct large compositions.

He needed to  invent new device for the large canvas.

   Seurat  [Cancan]  circle arc model 

Now I know why some art works are so interesting and the others are not.