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Cubism
Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
It was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the 20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented speed. Cubism was an attempt by artists to revitalize the tired traditions of Western art which they believed had run their course.
The Cubists challenged conventional forms of representation, such as perspective, which had been the rule since the Renaissance. Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age.
CUBISM
•Fitting all angles of a three-dimensional object in the same two-dimensional picture
Analytic Cubism
Cubism had two distinct phases. The early phase which lasted until about 1912 was called Analytical Cubism.
Here the artist analyzed the subject from many different viewpoints and reconstructed it within a geometric framework, the overall effect of which was to create an image that evoked a sense of the subject.
These fragmented images were unified by the use of a subdued and limited palette of colors.
Georges Braque (1882-1963)Violin and Jug (oil on canvas, 1910)
Synthetic Cubism
Influenced by the introduction of bold and simple collage shapes, Synthetic Cubism moved away from the unified monochrome surfaces of Analytic Cubism to a more direct, colorful and decorative style.
Although synthetic cubist images appear more abstract in their use of simplified forms, the other elements of their composition are applied quite traditionally. Interchanging lines, colors, patterns and textures, that switch from geometric to freehand, dark to light, positive to negative and plain to patterned, advance and recede in rhythms across the picture plane.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)Still Life with Mandolin and Guitar (oil on canvas, 1924)
Fruit Dish Georges Braque, 1908
Head of a Woman
Georges Braque, 1909
Violin and Newspaper (Musical Forms)
Georges Braque, 1912
Still Life with Music Scroll Georges Braque, 1937
The Echo Georges Braque, 1954
Composition with Skull
Pablo Picasso, 1908
Head of a Woman
Pablo Picasso, 1908
Bread and dish with fruits on the table
Pablo Picasso, 1909
Woman and pears (Fernande)
Pablo Picasso, 1909
Guitar
Pablo Picasso, 1912
The Student
Pablo Picasso, 1919
Untitled
Pablo Picasso, 1937
Plaster Head and Arm Pablo Picasso, 1925
Bullfight Pablo Picasso, 1934
Crying Woman
Pablo Picasso, 1937
Bottles and Knife
Juan Gris, 1911
Blue Landscape
Nathan Altman, 1912
Portrait of a Philosopher
Lyubov Popova, 1915
Music
Jury Annenkov1922
Still Life with Violin
Gino Severini, 1964