Malcol Park - Manet

1. 1. Edouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882; oil on canvas, 96 x 130 cm.
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London (P.1934.SC.234)
2. Positive print from a composite X-radiograph of: Edouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London (P.1934.SC.234.X.png).
Overlay: barmaid reflections at Stages 1 and 2 (B1, B2); Dupray reflection at Stage 1 (D1); © Malcolm Park
frieze
3. Perspectival analysis of: Edouard Manet, Oil sketch for A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1881;
oil on canvas, 47 x 56 cm. Private collection. Image: Bridgeman Art Library.
Overlay: perspectival analysis; © Malcolm Park
4. Stop, "Une Marchande de consolation aux Folies-Bergère.–…";
caricature, wood engraving, (image) 8.6 x 9.8 cm.
Le Journal Amusant, 27 May, 1882, p.5
5. Barclay, Théâtre des Folies-Bergère, 1875; illustrated seating plan,
detail. (image) 13.5 by 19.25 cm., from overall sheet, 15.5 x 38.5 cm.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
B1
D1
B2
VP eye level

2. EL CV
VP
EL CV
VIEW FRAMES
PLAN
CV
SP
av-w
VP
av-o
PP
SP Station-point, viewpoint
PP Picture plane
VP Vanishing point
CV Centre of vision, 1P Perspective
EL Eye level
av-w Angle of vision, wide-angle frame
av-c Angle of vision, centre frame
av-o Angle of vision, offset frame
VP
WIDE-ANGLE FRAME
Frontal shaping of space
av-c
av-o
OFFSET FRAME
Frontal and angled
shaping of space
OFFSET FRAME
Frontal and angled
shaping of space
CENTRE FRAME
Frontal shaping
of space
La prune a. La prune as centre frame, with CP-frontal overlay
0 5m
bar
6. Spatial shaping of one-point perspective geometry. © Malcolm Park
seating rows
ground floor
loges under
seating rows
chandeliers
above
centre of offset view
frame from P1
centre of offset view
frame from P2
balcony
front
mirrors to side wall
mirrors to side wall
cv cv
P2
P1
stage Promenoir
columns under
loges
loges
loges
VP
VP
b. La prune as offset frame, with 1P-offset overlay
7. Edouard Manet, Plum Brandy (La Prune), c.1877; oil on canvas, 73.6 x 50.2 cm.
National Gallery of Art, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Washington DC
(Inv. no. 1971.85.1). Overlays © Malcolm Park
8. Théâtre des Folies-Bergère: First floor plan of theatre space, c.1881; showing positions of viewpoints P1 and P2. © Malcolm Park

3. mirror
P3
B'
viewpoint
G
B
G'
frame of view for painting
G'
G
G'
G
frame of view for painting
reflected space
actual space
centre of vision
image of bar
from theatre
0 1m
g3'
mirror
frame of view for painting
shape of end required to
match the depicted bar
reflected figure
image copied
from Oil sketch
reflected space
actual space
P5
viewpoint
B'
g1'
g2'
g2 g1
g3
0 1m P3 P4
centre of vision
reflected space
actual space
mirror
P4
viewpoint
reflected space
actual space
B'
0 1m P3
centre of vision
B
B
frame of view for painting
centre of vision
mirror
P3
B'
B
0 1m viewpoint
9. Plan – viewpoint P3 in studio: arrangement for Oil sketch
foreground. © Malcolm Park
10. Plan – viewpoint P3 in studio: arrangement for
Bar-Stage 1 foreground. © Malcolm Park
11. Plan – viewpoint P5 in studio: arrangement for Bar-Stage 3
foreground. © Malcolm Park
12. Plan – viewpoint P5 in studio: arrangement for Bar-Stage 3 foreground. © Malcolm Park
OIL SKETCH
PLANS
a) from viewpoint P1 in theatre (Fig.8)
13. Views for composite Oil sketch image. © Malcolm Park
b) from viewpoint P3 in studio (Fig.9) c) Composite: part views from viewpoints P1 and P3.
Overlay: drawing after Oil sketch

4. VP
a) Bar-Stage 1: view from viewpoint P3 (Fig.10).
Overlay drawing after Bar
14. Composition sequence proposal for Bar foreground. © Malcolm Park
b) Bar-Stage 2: view from viewpoint P4 (Fig.11).
Overlay drawing after Bar
c) Bar-Stage 3: view from viewpoint P5 (Fig.12).
Overlay drawing after Bar
g3'
FOREGROUND OF FINAL PAINTING
g2'
a) from viewpoint P1 in theatre (Fig.8)
17. Views for composite of complete Bar-Stage 3. © Malcolm Park
COMPOSITE IMAGE OF FINAL PAINTING
b) from viewpoint P2 in theatre (Fig.8) c) Composite: part views from viewpoints P1, P2 and P5
(Fig.14-c). Overlay drawing after Bar
15. Bar-Stage 3, foreground: wide-angle view from viewpoint P5 (Fig.12); with full width of mirror shown, without La Touche figure.
Overlay drawing after Bar. © Malcolm Park
16b. Part of photograph of reconstruction of Bar foreground
(Fig.16a) that relates to the painting's format.
16a. Reconstruction of Bar foreground arrangement as illustrated in Fig.15. Viewpoint equivalent to P5. Photograph by Greg Callan, 2000. Collection of author
Photograph by Greg Callan, 2000. Collection of author
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