CUBISMTHE FIRST FORM OF ABSTRACT ART

INTRODUCTION TO CUBISM:

Cubism is a form of abstract art which emphasizes the two-dimensionality of the

canvas.

PAUL CÉZANNE-

BIBEMUS QUARY-

1895

MORE ABOUT CUBISM:

• The Cubist art movement began in Paris around 1907. led by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

• The Cubists broke from centuries of tradition in their painting by rejecting the single viewpoint.

• The name Cubism derived its name from remarks that were made by the painter Henri Matisse and the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who derisively described Braque's 1908 work "Houses at L‘Estaque" as composed of cubes, rejecting the single viewpoint.

INFLUENCES ON CUBISM:

• Paul Cézanne changed

styles and habits.

• Variations of tone and colour.

• Geometric shapes: cylinder, sphere, cone.

• “My one and only master...

Cézanne was like the father of us all.” - Pablo Picasso.

The Guitar Player – Pablo Picasso –

1910

CHARACTERISTICS:

- Objects are shown from multiple perspectives at once.

- Everything is portrayed with geometric shapes.

- It portrayed a “new way of seeing”, which, infused observations and memories into paintings.

TYPES OF CUBISM:

ANALYTICAL CUBISM

SYNTHETIC CUBISM

ANALYTICAL CUBISM:(Or, that period of cubism where it’s really hard to tell what anything is, and who the artist is ! )

Characteristics of Analytical Cubism:

• Objects are “analyzed” from

many perspectives.

• Artist incorporates many (if not

all) of these perspectives in the

painting itself.

• The painting, instead of directly

showing the subject, “evokes a

sense of the subject.”

Fruit Dish-

Ace of Clubs-

George Braque-

1913.

Girl with a Mandolin

Pablo Picasso –

1910

Portrait of Daniel-

Pablo Picasso –

1910.

Still Life With a

Violin – Georges

Braque – 1912

GUESS THE ARTIST

GUESS THE ARTIST:

PABLO PICASSOPABLO PICASSO

SYNTHETIC CUBISM

Characteristics of

Synthetic Cubism:

• Objects are still drawn

from multiple perspectives,

BUT…

• They are more discernable,

• And they are more colorful.

(or, thank God, I can actually tell what I’m looking at in this painting!)

SOLDIERS PLAYING

CARDS – FERNAND

LEGER – 1917

SYNTHETIC CUBISM

BLACK FISH –

GEORGES

BRAQUE 1942

THE THREE

MUSICIANS-

PABLO

PICASSO-

1921.

CUBISM AND ARCHITECTURE:

It forms an important link between early 20th century art and architecture.

Most of the connections are made by reference to shared formal characteristics.

Architectural interest in cubism centred on the dissolution and reconstitution of a 3 dimensional form, using simple geometrical shapes.

Diverse elements could be super imposed, made transparent or penetrate one another.

Cubism had become an influential factor in the development of modern architecture from 1912.

ARCHITECTURALINFLUENCE

It led to simplification of

building design, the use of

materials appropriate to

industrial production and

the increased use of glass.

Faceting of a form,

spatial ambiguity,

transparency and

multiplicity.

Housing in Onmae by VIDZ Architects

ARCHITECTURALINFLUENCE

PALACE OF ASSEMBLY,

CHANDIGARH- LE CORBUSIER.

Rotterdam’s Cube Houses- Dutch

architect Piet Blom.

GUIDED BY: PROF. J. B. DESHMUKH (J. D. SIR)

PRESENTED BY: AMRUTA BEDMUTHA

KUNAL BAGUL

NIKITA BHOJ

ROMA ROCHWANI

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