Bathers, The, By Cezanne & Renoir: Modernism and the Nude

Synopsis

Shot in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the programme deals with the nude bathers that Renoir and Cezanne painted in the 1870s. The programme adopts a feminist angle in trying to understand how the nude still comes to be important subject matter in the Modern period and how Cezanne and Renoir approach the nude very differently. While Renoir’s nudes conform to traditional stereotypic images of ‘woman’ as fertile, fecund and consumable, Cezanne seems to offer a more complex reading. His nudes are not conventionally feminine; they resist the predominantly male gaze. Tamar Garb argues that Cezanne too, in spite of this radicality, is locked into the same pictorial tradition that produced Renoir’s nudes.

Series

Modern Art: Practices and Debates, Course A316

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Year of production

1993

Availability

Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Art

Keywords

Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906); nudes in art; paintings - French; paintings - impressionist paintings; Renoir, Pierre Auguste

Credits

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Cast

Tamar Garb

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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