Cubism!!!

Three phases…

• Early Cubism (1907-1910)• Analytical Cubism (1910-1912)• Synthetic cubism (1912-1914)

Early/proto cubism

• Braque and Picasso

• A rejection of artistic traditions (conventions) such as how space or reality is implied…ie. One point perspective, atmospheric perspective, narrative, emotionally based subject matter, compositions that direct the viewers eye.

• Cezanne’s influence (sphere, cylinder, cone)

Conventions….

• Atmospheric perspective…

Caspar David Friedrich “wanderer above a sea of fog” German Romanticism

• One point perspective….

Canelletto, 1740, “Grand Canal Venice”

• Narrative…

Leonardo da Vinci “Annunciation” 1472-75

• Leading the eye composition…

Cubists rejected these, and other ideas….

• WHY?????

• They wanted the painting to be a painting, not an illusion of reality, or a mimesis of nature, but a reality of its own.

Task….

• Rejection of conventions… describe some of the conventions they rejected.

• Why do you think Picasso and Braque thought these conventions no longer relevant? (Context.. There WAS a time and a place for these things why did Picasso and Braque think it wasn’t in 1907?)