Lilac Tree and Edam in Berthe Morisot’s 1874 Plein Air Paintings: The Feminine Figure and Its Expressions

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10.2991/assehr.k.210609.042How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Feminine figure, Morisot, Edma

Abstract

The exploration of Hunting Butterflies reveals the formation of artistic awareness of Morisot and the value judgment of modern females. Similar debatable perspectives (e.g., feminism, modernity, and maternity) have been remarkable focusing for art historians, feminists as well as Marxists. Women’s power is dissolved with Morisot’s blessing in Hunting Butterflies by concerning Morisot’s complex relationship with Edma and comparing Beneath the Lilacs at Maurecourt. Morisot’s purpose is uncovered by Growing patterns, shadows and lights, relationship with figures of the identical lilac trees in two painting as well as figurative interactions. The contrast of clothing colors, remote distance from lilac tree, and isolated interaction with children create a modern female figure in Hunting Butterflies. Morisot blesses Edma in the painting with the values of independent females based on the support from family, and reconciles with Edma after their fathers’ death. Hunting Butterflies not only contains the mourning of Morisot’s father, but also represents warm female power, living vitality, pursuit of freedom dissolving in a modern feminine figure.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zuyan Zhang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/10
TI  - Lilac Tree and Edam in Berthe Morisot’s 1874 Plein Air Paintings: The Feminine Figure and Its Expressions
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 213
EP  - 218
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210609.042
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210609.042
ID  - Zhang2021
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