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02-Reclining Nude (bronze sculpture) - MATISSE
Alluding to traditional representation:
? Looks traditional in subject matter reclining female nude
Undermining it:
? not idealized, takes liberty with what hes emphasizing and/or simplifying and abstracted.
? The controposto is exaggerated
? hip juts forward
? face is minimally defined just to give you an idea.
? Its the overall muscular turning in space that hes trying to depict.