Manet's famous painting Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère never appealed to me.
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@johncarlosbaez Somewhat ironically, our college bar had the full-size Manet behind it, in between mirrored sections.
@BashStKid - Maybe someone had a wicked sense of humor.
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@jranft - indeed, painters can do whatever they want. For example the woman is more thin than her reflection.
But this painting was made in an era when realism was the the norm, and it confused people.
@johncarlosbaez Impressionism was a fleeting glimpse of reality, often distorting it in this way.
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@jranft - indeed, painters can do whatever they want. For example the woman is more thin than her reflection.
But this painting was made in an era when realism was the the norm, and it confused people.
@johncarlosbaez Impressionism was a fleeting glimpse of reality, often distorting it in this way.
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Manet's famous painting Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère never appealed to me. But now I realize its genius, and my spine tingles every time I see it.
The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!
But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!!! To prove it, he did a photographic reconstruction of this scene. Check it out in my next post.
This blows my mind.
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@johncarlosbaez Except that the bottles behind the barmaid are not the mirror image of the bottles in front, and they are at the furthest edge of the "reflected" slab and also at the furthest edge of the front slab. (I notice Park's reconstruction does this too, which makes me suspect it). Also, the gilded straight line reminds me of a picture frame, soooo maybe it's a painting of a barmaid standing in front of another *painting" of a bar from behind showing a customer being served. Which would be extremely meta of Manet, but not unheard of.
Also, if the wall behind the front bar is supposed to be a mirror, it doesn't make sense, because is shows the balcony on the opposite side of the room and only open space between the balcony and the bar. So where is the customer supposed to be standing?
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Likewise! He's a superb presenter and educator.
(He's "Waldy" because of the "Waldy & Bendy" podcast :-) )
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Manet's famous painting Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère never appealed to me. But now I realize its genius, and my spine tingles every time I see it.
The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!
But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!!! To prove it, he did a photographic reconstruction of this scene. Check it out in my next post.
This blows my mind.
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@johncarlosbaez great !
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