Cubism

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Origin of the Style

During the early days of Cubism, the credit of creating Cubism was given to Pablo Picasso, but there were also many other artists during the time. Picasso is the most noted and famous. Starting in 1907, Picasso began creating masterpieces. In 1911 the direction of Cubism shifted to Synthetic Cubism from Analytical Cubism.

Analytical & Synthetic Cubism

Strong lines and shape Solid geometric figures

Analytical

Synthetic

Fragments are smallerSubject is harder to recognize and is less formal

What painting marks the beginning of Cubism?

Picasso painted his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907. This painting was unique enough to set it apart from any other painting and style. The only solution was to make it its own genre and style: Cubism.

The Origin of the Term

In order to have a full grasp on where Cubism comes from, you have to understand the feud that went on amongst Picasso and Matisse. Matisse first created a painting titled Blue Nude, which caused controversy and scandal at a Paris art show that showed contemporary French artists and pieces. The art critic Louis Vauxcelles called Matisse and his fans Les Fauves, or the wild animals. This led to the creation of Fauvism and Matisse was the leading artist. Georges Braque and Picasso worked together as artists and are responsible for coming up with the new idea. Picasso painted Demoiselles and took some of Matisse’s younger fans because Picasso had a new radical way of painting. Matisse tried explaining the style to Vauxcelles, saying that it was made of “little cubes”, resulting in the term Cubism.

Picasso’s Cubism

Actual beginning of abstract artBegan in 1907 and ended in 1915Used patchwork patternsAlso used nudityGained inspiration from Matisse, El Greco,

Modigliani, Gauguin, and Toulouse-LautrecCreated own trademark, geometric shapes

Cubism Paintings

Guernica, by Picasso

Nude Descending a Staircase, by Marcel Duchamp

Portrait of Picasso, by Juan Gris

Sources

http://pablo-picasso.paintings.name/http://

www.eyeconart.net/history/cubism.htmhttp://images.google.com