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Periodically, from 1901 to 1926, Atget was particularly attracted to the grounds and gardens at the palace of Versailles, photographing its walks, fountains, and statues during different seasons. An eerie silence and mysteriousness frequently suffuses his images, as it does in this haunting photograph of Antoine Coysevox's bronze sculpture of Venus, positioned on a raised plinth facing the palace's garden facade. With the placement of his camera, Atget brought a carefully ordered harmony to the composition through the alignment of various architectural and sculptural elements.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79936324"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1985.113-versailles-chaste-ve"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. 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Indeed, several artists are known to have painted from his images.\r\n\tUsing relatively unsophisticated, even outdated equipment, Atget achieved a view of French architecture and culture that is both personal and factual. Along with the rediscovery of the images of Mathew Brady in the early 20th century, the recognition of Atget's artistic accomplishments shortly before his death by Berenice Abbott, Man Ray, and others helped turn photographers away from the mannered style of pictorialism toward the visual and technical clarity of modernism. Marked by a selective and highly individual method, his is among the most widely shown, published, and recognized work in photography today. 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