Abstract
As traditional painting styles developed into impressionism, the expression of "light" has undergone important changes. Manet's painting style carves out new development paths, with the expressive element of "light" featured in his paintings assuming a sense of vividness on the canvas. This paper explores the use of "light" in Manet's paintings, whilst also investigating the role of "light" factors. To do so, the early development of "light" in Manet's paintings is summarized and analyzed to identify the most prominent "light" characteristics present. From this, it can be concluded that light most often takes the form of "positive light" in Manet's paintings. Next, it moves on to look into the role of "light" representation in Manet's paintings. This paper takes Manet's paintings as the object of analysis to elaborate on the rich possibilities of "light" transmission and expression in his work. It is expected that the conclusions of this paper will provide new development ideas through which artists can use "light" in their paintings.
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How to cite this paper
An Artistic Inquiry into “Light” in Manet’s Paintings
How to cite this paper: Xinlu Zhou. (2023) An Artistic Inquiry into “Light” in Manet’s Paintings. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(7), 1295-1301.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.07.009