The Ghost’s Appeal: Man’s Interest in the Superficial in Toulouse-Lautr

The Ghosts Appeal valet de chambres Interest in the Superficial in Toulouse-Lautrecs At the Moulin-RougeHenri de Toulouse-Lautrecs famous painting, At the Moulin-Rouge, combines striking coloring with abnormal release to create a work that addresses manpowers superficial interest in women. The dark scene depicted in the painting includes 10 people scattered about a restaurant. In the center, two women and triplet men sit casually around a table bandage the background portrays two men and a cleaning woman peering into mirrors a secondly woman (in the foreground) observes the situation. The most arresting aspect of the picture is the dominating, pale font of a woman in the right foreground of the picture. A blow-by-blow analysis of the painting begins with the study of the portrayal of the brightly-lit women and how the mens gazes revolve about that representation and concludes with the viewers natural confirmation of that portrayal. This textual sapidity at the picture le ads the viewer to the conclusion that it is a womans external pomp that attracts a male person.Because of Toulouse-Lautrecs use of lighting, it is clear that the women argon central to the painting. Despite the intermixing of men and women, the light falls only on the women, and the men are left in the shadows. Because of this, the eye wanders, not to the men, nevertheless to the women thus, they become the subject of the painting. While this lighting does not appear unnatural, it is uttermost from the customary distribution of light. Hence, the lighting of the women is an intentional attempt to focus the perceiver on them. Clearly, the objective of At the Moulin-Rouge centers on women.Having established that the females are integral to the work, it is interesting to see how the illumination reveals more about th... ...illed with interesting scenes, people, and ideas, has a distinct theme that emerges by looking at two the women and their male counterparts. From their similarit ies to actresses to their depiction as ghosts, Toulouse-Lautrecs women are superficial. It is the mens infantile fixation with this, however, that reveals the works complete theme. Namely, that it is the outward grandeur of a woman that charms men. This point is brought close to home as the viewer realizes that he joins the men in the painting with the same curious interest in the superficial. Toulouse-Lautrecs masterpiece brings the theme of superficialitys appeal full-circle by engulfing both the subjects and the audience.NOTES*At the time, flneur described the rich, male population that had time to observe and appreciate art. Artists of the day knew that their audience consisted largely of flneurs.