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PRINCIPLES OF FAUVISM Uniformity of Light - All naturalistic representations were avoided, e.g. modelling in light and dark and the shadow. Colour was to be used in its purest form. Space was constructed by colour - space was constructed and solved by the careful distribution of tones. Matisse refused to accept the traditional rules of perspective. He did not wish to "hollow out" the surface. Instead he used an arrangement of tones behind his coloured figures which , in relatioship to each other and to the surfaces they covered , created an impression of space, a space filled with light which did not conceal the flat 2 dimensional character of the canvas. Purity and simplification - Matisse felt that he could best convey his expression of a serene , detached world of forms , lines and colours best through a process of extreme simplification. Composition - expression and decoration - Matisse wrote, "The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figure or objects, the empty empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays a part. Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements at t