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The Perception of Nature – Paul Cézanne‘s El Greco (98032)
Session Chair: Anantdeep Grewal
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Saturday, 4 October 2025 10:20
Session: Session 1
Room: Live-Stream Room 3
Presentation Type:Live-Stream Presentation
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El Greco’s（1541-1614）work shows the deformation-proportions of the figures, colors and lights. As art historians already pointed out, Greco’s work is often associated with the Mannerist style, which transformed the common sense of Renaissance, such as stable composition and the expression of depth. In addition to the above mentioned features, the fact that in El Greco’s works, nature is more important than God, despite religious motives being prominent in his paintings, influenced the assessment of his work during his lifetime. This affected El Greco’s reputation during his lifetime in a time in which Catholicism was dominant in Italy and Spain, the two countries by where he spent most of his life. After 300 years of relative oblivion, Paul Cézanne (1838-1906)contributed decisively to the re-appraisal of El Greco’s. His influence on Cézanne is especially visible in the latter’s painting "Mont Sainte-Victoire", in which plants, mountains and deformed elements contained in El Greco’s works were superimposed. Thus, through his influence in modern artists such as Cézanne and Picasso, El Greco has had a lasting influence in contemporary art. 300 years later, Cézanne (1838-1906) was the painter who discovered the value of Greco. The plants, mountains and deformed elements expressed in Greco’s works were later superimposed on Cézanne’s works, "St Mountain victor"-the birth of new composition of “collage”. Greco’s spirit as seen in Cézanne and Impressionist and Cubist painters such as Picasso has strong influence in 20th artist‘ activities until today.
This study aims to explore how El Greco’s original expressive vision—both in its spirit and form has lasting influence on contemporary art, particularly through Cézanne’s oeuvre.
Authors:
Ling Sayuri Chen, Independent Scholar, Japan
About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Ling Sayuri CHEN is an independent researcher focusing on Media Arts, the Digitalization of Cultural Heritage, and Ancient Japanese Rituals.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ling-sayuri-c-000649280/
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