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Cubism Deena Sami Radhi
12FMarch 10th, 2012
Introduction
• “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.” – Pablo Picasso.
• Cubism 1. Art movement 2. Abstract art 3. New style of art
• Thesis statement
• Art movement in Paris ( between 1907 and 1914).
• Visual art style • Modern art • First style of Abstract art • Invented by Spanish artist
Pablo Picasso and French artist Georges Braque.
What is Cubism?
Cubism characteristics
• Multiple angles • Reconstruct objects • 3-dimensional objects • Geometric shapes• Contrasting viewpoints• Reality in paintings • Depth and enrichment in paintings.
Analytic Cubism (1907-1912)
• First cubism phase• Limited colors• Multiple views of an object
Synthetic Cubism (1913-1920)
• Bright colors• Contrasting textures• Collage • Fragmented forms • Construction
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
• Spanish painter • Sculptor • Invented cubism • Les Demoiselles d'Avignon• Abstracting his work • Influenced by African
sculptures
Blue and Rose period
• Blue period (1901-1906)1. Dark colored 2. Depression 3. Sorrow
• Rose period (1904-1906)1. Bright colors 2. Optimistic 3. Happy
Les Demoiselles d’Avigon
• Painted in 1907 • Painted by Pablo Picasso • African art • First painting • Modern art
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
• French painter• Sculptor • Invented Cubism • Geometry • Light • Houses at L’Estaque
The Influence of Cézanne
• French artist • Geometric forms • Abstract paintings• Compressed picture • Flatten space in
paintings • Braque
The influence of African art
• Western art • African sculptures• Les Demoiselles d’Avigon • Style
Other artists of cubism:
Fernand Leger
Jean Mitzenger Romare Bearden Albert Gleizes
Robert delaunay Juan Gris
Works Cited
• "Cubism." The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2012. Questia. Web. 5 Mar. 2013.
• Florman, Lisa. "Picasso: Style and Meaning/Picasso and the Invention of Cubism/A Sum of Destructions: Picasso's Cultures and the Creation of Cubism/Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier." The Art Bulletin 86.3 (2004): 614+. Questia. Web. 5 Mar. 2013.
• Golding, John. Cubism: A History and an Analysis, 1907-1944. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. Questia. Web. 5 Mar. 2013.
• "Modern Art." The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2012. Questia. Web. 5 Mar. 2013.
Works cited
• Bashkoff, Tracey. "From Picasso to Pollock: Classics of Modern Art: Highlighting the Aesthetic Vanguard from Cubism through Abstract Expressionism, This Wide-Ranging Exhibition Features Works by Some of the Last Century's Most Influential Artists." USA TODAY Sept. 2003: 36+. Questia. Web. 5 Mar. 2013.
• BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2013.• "Cubism - The First Style of Abstract Art." Cubism. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2013.• "Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History." Cubism. N.p., n.d.
Web. 05 Mar. 2013.