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1
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What was said about the dangerous influence of the master painter?

A

When one imitates a master, the technique of the master strangles the imitator and forms around him a barrier that paralyzes him.

2
Q

What famous quote about blue?

A

One square centimeter of blue is not as blue as a square meter of the same blue.

3
Q

Explain parricide in paint

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With Matisse’s entry of Le bonheur de vivre in 1906 at the Salon des Indépendants, he meant to turn over a page of the Western tradition of painting. He attempts to upend the traditions of Western painting by breaking “the rules,” deliberately lacking stylistic unity and scale. He also plays with traditional sexuality by de-anatomizing several of the figures and melding together the bodies of the two figures on the right.