visual grammar

     Woman Carrying a Vase | The Metropolitan Museum of Art 17th century From the beginning my interest in art have been in seeing reproductions as the original works cannot been seen often.   I may have passed by this work in the museum as I lived in New York for over twenty years. I have several books which contain the reproduction of this work as I used to go to Strand bookstore every day,        arc model      large blue circle arc model      red circle arc model I have already made the models of o Raphael, Cranach, Sharaku (Hokusai), Seurat, Cézanne, Picasso, Klee, and Matisse. Since this model is quantitative, it should be possible to create it automatically with AI. Predicting the near future, automatic model making of all artworks will enable to reveal the reason why the great works are. Besides w e can make masterpieces that was never made.

Matisse's interest in Cezanne's bathers' paintings is well known. Let's see when the influence appeared in the work. The first candidates are "Game of Bowls" and "Music(study)".  They are on very linear drawings   Matisse "Game of Bowls 1908     Matisse "Game of Bowls large circle-arc model              　　　　　　　　　　　　 Matisse "Music(sketch)"  Matisse "Music(sketch)" large circle-arc model Comparing the two models, the difference in their structure is clear. One of the necessary conditions to be a masterpiece is to be unique. The basic structure of large circle shows the uniqueness of a work. Some of the great circles  in the second model are aligned along vertical or horizontal lines. Cezanne painted a few prepared Bathers' paintings. This painting in Basel Museum is well known in reproduction.    Cezanne "Five Bathers" 1985-87 Kunst Museum Basel  large circle-arc model The model shows that Cezanne might be...