Cubism!!!
Three phases…
• Early Cubism (1907-1910)• Analytical Cubism (1910-1912)• Synthetic cubism (1912-1914)
Early/proto cubism
• Braque and Picasso
• A rejection of artistic traditions (conventions) such as how space or reality is implied…ie. One point perspective, atmospheric perspective, narrative, emotionally based subject matter, compositions that direct the viewers eye.
• Cezanne’s influence (sphere, cylinder, cone)
Conventions….
• Atmospheric perspective…
Caspar David Friedrich “wanderer above a sea of fog” German Romanticism
• One point perspective….
Canelletto, 1740, “Grand Canal Venice”
• Narrative…
Leonardo da Vinci “Annunciation” 1472-75
• Leading the eye composition…
Cubists rejected these, and other ideas….
• WHY?????
• They wanted the painting to be a painting, not an illusion of reality, or a mimesis of nature, but a reality of its own.
Task….
• Rejection of conventions… describe some of the conventions they rejected.
• Why do you think Picasso and Braque thought these conventions no longer relevant? (Context.. There WAS a time and a place for these things why did Picasso and Braque think it wasn’t in 1907?)
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