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Section d'Or
Section d'Or. Group of French painters who worked in loose association between 1912 and 1914, when the First World War brought an end to their activity. The members included Delaunay, Duchamp, Duchamp-Villon, Gleizes, Gris, Léger, Metzinger, Picabia, and Villon. Their common stylistic feature was a debt to Cubism. The name of the group, which was also the title of a short-lived magazine it published, was suggested by Villon. It refers to a mathematical proportion known as the Golden Section in which a straight line or rectangle is divided into two parts in such a way that the ratio of the smaller to the greater part is the same as the greater to the whole (roughly 8:13). The proportion has been studied since antiquity and has been said to possess inherent aesthetic value because of an alleged correspondence with the laws of nature or the universe. The choice of this name reflected the interest of the artists involved in questions of proportion and pictorial discipline. They held one exhibition, the ‘Salon de la Section d'Or’ at the Galerie la Boétie, Paris, in October 1912; Apollinaire gave a lecture here at which he is said to have introduced the term Orphism to describe the work of several of the members of the group. Although Kupka's name is not included in the catalogue, there is some evidence that he showed work at the exhibition and he is generally included among the Orphists.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-SectiondOr.html IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-SectiondOr.html |
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Section d'Or
Section d'Or. Group of French painters who worked in loose association between 1912 and 1914, when the First World War brought an end to their activities. The name, which was also the title of a short-lived magazine published by the group, was suggested by Jacques Villon in reference to the mathematical ratio known as the Golden Section, reflecting the interest of the artists involved in questions of proportion and pictorial discipline. Other members of the group (who held one exhibition, in 1912) included Delaunay, Duchamp, Duchamp-Villon, Gleizes, Gris, Léger, Metzinger, and Picabia. The common stylistic feature of their work was a debt to Cubism and several of them worked in the Orphist style.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-SectiondOr.html IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-SectiondOr.html |
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Section d'Or
Section d'Or. Group of French painters who worked in loose association between 1912 and 1914, when the First World War brought an end to their activities. The name, which was also the title of a short-lived magazine published by the group, was suggested by Jacques Villon in reference to the mathematical ratio known as the golden section, reflecting the interest of the artists involved in questions of proportion and pictorial discipline. Other members of the group (who held one exhibition, in 1912) included Delaunay, Duchamp, Duchamp-Villon, Gleizes, Gris, Léger, Metzinger, and Picabia. The common stylistic feature of their work was a debt to Cubism and several of them worked in the Orphist style.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-SectiondOr.html IAN CHILVERS. "Section d'Or." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-SectiondOr.html |
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