IDENTITY
Étude des mouvements de l’art moderne et du beau caractériste
Art Writing
Work Summary
An art-theoretical text in which Raffaëlli develops his ideas about modern art and what he called the 'beau caractériste': beauty grounded in the distinctive character of observed people and contemporary life rather than in an idealized academic norm.
Evidence Summary
The editors identify Raffaëlli's essay and its criticism of very large Salon canvases; Van Gogh weighs Raffaëlli and Mantz while thinking about the scale of his own work.
Contemporary art writing enters a practical decision about canvas scale.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Jean-François Raffaëlli
Work
Étude des mouvements de l’art moderne et du beau caractériste
Years / Period
c. Jun 1885
Van Gogh Relation
Editorially Identified
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
c. Jun 1885 — Letter 513
Read / considered alongside current practice
discussion of vast canvases (editorially identified source)
Response: The editors identify Raffaëlli's essay and its criticism of very large Salon canvases; Van Gogh weighs Raffaëlli and Mantz while thinking about the scale of his own work.
Connection: Contemporary art writing enters a practical decision about canvas scale.
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