Avenue des Gobelins (Eugène Atget)
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| - | ''[[Avenue des Gobelins (Eugène Atget)]]'' | + | '''''Avenue des Gobelins'''''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atget_-_Avenue_des_Gobelins.jpg?uselang=fr] (1925, also known as ''La Vitrine du tailleur'') is a photo by French photographer [[Eugène Atget]]. |
| - | [[Eugène Atget]] was one of the pioneers of conceptual photography. His famous work "[[Avenue des Gobelins]]" shows three [[mannequins]] in a window-shop; one of which is seen to be alive upon close inspection. Inside the shop between the two mannequins there is a man that wears the same clothes as the mannequins, has the same rigid posture. This can be interpreted as an [[allegory]] of modern civilization, representing the uniformity imposed on individuals by clothing. | + | The photo shows three [[mannequins]] in a [[window-shop]]; one of which is seen to be alive upon close inspection. Inside the shop between the two mannequins there is a man that wears the same clothes as the mannequins, has the same rigid posture. The glass of the [[storefront]] [[reflection|reflect]]s the museum of the [[Gobelins factory]]. |
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| - | [[La Vitrine du tailleur]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atget_-_Avenue_des_Gobelins.jpg?uselang=fr] (1927) d'Eugène Atget en face de la [[Manufacture des Gobelins]] | + | *[[Avenue des Gobelins]] |
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Avenue des Gobelins[1] (1925, also known as La Vitrine du tailleur) is a photo by French photographer Eugène Atget. The photo shows three mannequins in a window-shop; one of which is seen to be alive upon close inspection. Inside the shop between the two mannequins there is a man that wears the same clothes as the mannequins, has the same rigid posture. The glass of the storefront reflects the museum of the Gobelins factory.
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