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Title: Pablo Picasso, Cubism—A Revolution of Spatial Presentation in Artistic Expression (with parrallels in cartography), CSISS Classics
Author: Crosier, Scott, UC Santa Barbara
Publication Date: 2002
Series: CSISS Classics
Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3wt7p9m2
Keywords: multiple perspectives, two-dimensional visualization, cartography
Abstract: Cubism, method of portraying multiple dimensions onto a two dimensional canvas, is not unlike the task of the map maker in representing the earth in two dimensions. Parallels between Cubism and cartography are identified in this essay.
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P a b
lo P
ic a s s o
: C
u b
is m
— A
R e v o
lu ti
o n
o f
S p
a ti
a l
P re
s e n
ta ti
o n
i n
A rt
is ti
c E
x p
re s s io
n (
w it
h p
a ra
ll e ls
i n
c a rt
o g
ra p
h y )
B y S
c o
tt C
ro s ie
r
B a
ck g
ro u
n d
"M y
m o th
e r
sa id
t o m
e ,
'If y
o u
b e co
m e a
s o ld
ie r
yo u'
ll b e a
g e ne
ra l;
if yo
u b e co
m e a
m o nk
y o u'
ll e nd
up a
s th
e p
o p e .'
In st
e a d ,
I b e ca
m e a
p a in
te r
a nd
w o un
d u
p a
s P
ic a ss
o ."
P a b lo
P ic
a ss
o
C ub
is m
, th
e a
rt is
tic e
xp re
ss io
n th
a t
fo re
fa th
e re
d a
ll a b st
ra ct
a rt
, w
a s
si m
p ly
a m
e th
o d o
f p o rt
ra yi
ng m
ul tip
le d
im e ns
io ns
o nt
o a
t w
o d
im e ns
io na
l c a nv
a s.
T hi
s is
n o t
un lik
e t
he t
a sk
o f
th e m
a p m
a ke
r in
re p re
se nt
in g t
he e
a rt
h in
t w
o d
im e ns
io ns
.
M a ny
p e o p le
, w
he n
co ns
id e ri ng
w ha
t m
a ke
s "a
g o o d p
a in
tin g ,"
c o ns
id e r
th e
a b ili
ty o
f a p
a in
tin g t
o d
e p ic
t a n
a ct
ua l o
r re
a lis
tic im
a g e o
f th
e p
e rs
o n,
o b je
ct o
r lo
ca tio
n th
a t
th e a
rt is
t is
p re
se nt
in g .
W e o
ft e n
th in
k o f
th e "
re a lis
t" a
rt is
ts ,
w ho
, th
ro ug
h th
e ir s
ki lls
in s
ha d in
g ,
co lo
r us
e ,
p e rs
p e ct
iv e ,
a nd
u nd
e rs
ta nd
in g ,
w e re
(a nd
a re
) a b le
t o d
ra w
o r
p a in
t a n
e a rl y
p ic
tu re
p e rf
e ct
d e p ic
tio n
o f
th e s
ub je
ct .
W e id
e a liz
e t
he a
rt is
t, w
ith h
is o
r he
r p a in
ts a
nd p
a le
tt e ,
w o rk
in g a
t a n
e a se
l, st
ud yi
ng t
he la
nd sc
a p e o
r th
e ir s
ub je
ct .
T he
a rt
is t
p ro
d uc
e s
a p
a in
tin g d
e p ic
tin g
th a t
o b je
ct f
ro m
t he
ir o
ne p
o in
t o f
re fe
re nc
e .
H o w
e ve
r, a
s w
e in
te ra
ct w
ith s
o m
e th
in g ,
w e r
a re
ly in
te ra
ct u
si ng
o nl
y o ne
p e rs
p e ct
iv e .
F o r
e xa
m p le
, a s
w e a
p p re
ci a te
n a tu
re ,
w e w
a lk
a ro
un d .
W e m
ig ht
se e a
t re
e o
ff in
t he
d is
ta nc
e ,
a nd
a s
w e a
p p ro
a ch
it ,
o ur
p e rs
p e ct
iv e o
f th
e t
re e
ch a ng
e s.
W e m
ig ht
e ve
n w
a lk
p a st
t he
t re
e ,
a nd
lo o k
b a ck
o n
it fr
o m
a co
m p le
te ly
d iff
e re
nt v
ie w
o r
se e a
n a re
a l v
ie w
o f
th e lo
ca tio
n a nd
a p p re
ci a te
it fr
o m
a d
iff e re
nt p
e rs
p e ct
iv e .
H o w
, th
e n,
c a n
a n
a rt
is t
d e p ic
t th
is c
ha ng
in g
in te
ra ct
io n
w ith
t he
s ub
je ct
, w
hi le
w o rk
in g o
n a f
la t
p ie
ce o
f ca
nv a s?
T hi
s q ue
st io
n is
w ha
t sp
ur re
d s
e ve
ra l a
rt is
tic in
no va
to rs
t o t
he p
io ne
e r
fo rm
o f
a ll
C S
IS S
C la
ss ic
s -
P ab
lo P
ic as
so :
C ub
is m
— A
R ev
o lu
ti o n
o f
S p
at ia
l P
re se
nt at
io n
in A
rt is
ti c
E xp
r. ..
1 o
f 4
6 /2
0 /2
0 1 5
1 1
:5 9 P
M
In n
o va
ti o
n
a b st
ra ct
a rt
c a lle
d C
ub is
m .
A lth
o ug
h in
sp ir e d b
y th
e la
te r
w o rk
o f
C e za
nn e ,
th e e
ra o
f C
ub is
m (1
9 0 7 – 1 9 2 0 s)
w a s
fir st
b e g un
b y
P a b lo
P ic
a ss
o a
nd G
e o rg
e s
B ra
q ue
. T
he
m a jo
r b e nc
hm a rk
o f
th is
w o rk
w a s
in P
ic a ss
o 's
p a in
tin g "
L e s
D e m
o is
e lle
s d 'A
vi g n o n ,
1 9 0 7 "
(M u s.
o f
M o d e rn
A rt
, N
e w
Y o rk
C ity
). I
n s
e e in
g t
h is
p a in
tin g ,
m a n y
m ig
h t
a sk
a m
o n g o
th e r
th in
g s,
" W
h a t
w a s
P ic
a ss
o t
ry in
g t
o d
o ? "
T he
C ub
is ts
( in
cl ud
in g P
ic a ss
o ,
B ra
q ue
, Je
a n M
e tz
in g e r,
G ri s,
D uc
ha m
p ,
a nd
L é g e r)
w e re
a tt
e m
p tin
g t
o d
e p ic
t th
e ir s
ub je
ct m
a tt
e r
no t
a s
th e e
ye ,
b ut
a s
th e
m
