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This disturbing depiction of prostitutes in a brothel in Avignon, Barcelona's red light district, proved to be one of the most notorious pictures of the 20th century and was a precursor of Cubism and Modern Art. Its collpase of perspective and combination of geometric and primitivist style were a reinvention of the posibilities of art.
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The painting shows five dancing figures, painted in a strong red, set against a very simplified green landscape and deep blue sky. It reflects Matisse's incipient fascination with primitive art, and uses a classic Fauvist color palette: the intense warm colors against the cool blue-green background and the rhythmical succession of dancing nudes convey the feelings of emotional liberation and hedonism.
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