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Randeep Singh Khatara 15860 DES1011 ES03 Web design and Development Nothing is original, Pablo Picasso 11/11/2011

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Les Damoiselles d'Avignon" 1907. Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. (Pablo Picasso)

TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS CONCLUSION AND COMMENTS THE NEW COMPOSITION REFERENCES

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1.- INTRODUCTION

Pablo Ruz de Picasso (1881- 1973) was born in a period where Spain was in the middle of political and social changes (Cultural General, 2011). He is considered the most representative artist for Cubism. This movement supposed a big impact in Art History in Europe due to it broke with the classical aesthetic and supposed the inclusion of new concepts and perceptions about the beauty and nature (Pastrana, 2011). In 1907, Picasso, started this movement with Les Damoiselles dAvignon, the work portrays five naked women appear, representing prostitutes from a very famous brothel in the street Avin of Barcelona, this picture was made in Paris and considered like the genesis of Cubism. (Moma, 2004).

2.- DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS

Les Damoiselles dAvignon- see the image 1 below is the first picture that breaks with the traditional standards of aesthetics (Moma, 2006). The colour scheme is based on complementary colours, where you have the turkish blue and orange red. The blue used by Picasso is supposed to be a window in the background, meanwhile the red is more likely the curtains, and it is observed a contrast between these two colours. The figures are long because the author wanted to emulate one of his favourite paintings, El Greco by Velazquez (Bozal, 1992). Moreover, the bright colours creates flatness in the figures, with no muscular structure and their eyes are asymmetrical. Even though the women are naked, they are completely lack of sensuality, their bodies are made mostly with geometric forms which avoids the main attractiveness characteristics of a woman, the curves. The most cubist of all five

figures are the woman on the right side.

The painting is divided in two parts, the left side of the canvas is more Iberian influenced, however the two women on the right side wear African masks. In fact, Momma (2004) considers that the masks is used as a symbol of magical self-protection from sexual diseases between other threats. According to Bozal (1992) the author proclaimed Les Damoiselles d Avignon like the first exorcism painting.

Image 1: Les Damoiselles dAvignon

Source: (Google Images, 2011)

2.- CONCLUSION AND COMMENTS.

In personal terms, the change in the style of painting from realism to cubism is something very interesting and a reflection of what was happening in the world at that time. From there the rules became much more flexible, letting emotions and imagination fly. In fact, Picasso open the gate to other trends that reflect feelings more than anything else. Personally, I think that art is all about express emotions and feelings and it should never be inhibited by any type of rules.

3.- THE NEW COMPOSITION.

Image 2: My Composition

My composition- see the image 2 over -are the same as the Les Damoiselles dAvignon, but with some slightly differences in the shapes and colours. Since the Contour lines where incomplete in the original paining, I gave my composition sharper lines, moreover , the colour scheme I have used is based on analogous colours which are more harmonious and pleasing to the eye. I also tried to change to painting analytical cubism painting. from being a protocubism composition to more like a

4.- REFERENCES
Bozal, V., 1992. Pintura y escultura espaolas del siglo XX (1900-1939). Historia general del arte, Vol. XXXVI. Madrid: Editorial Espasa Calpe S.A.
Google Images, 2011. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon [digital printed] Available at: <http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=es&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=594&tbm=isch&tbnid=ESM9iX owuKbvPM:&imgrefurl=http://los9artes.blogspot.com/2011/02/pintura-les-demoiselles-davignonpablo.html&docid=nBqQjMF7tf55EM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yz3fDLBbiDU/TUnVSzbRLv I/AAAAAAAAAAo/spBYHCT19rM/s1600/Les_Demoiselles_d%25252527Avignon.jpg&w=982&h=10 26&ei=BuK7TsCdOImu8gPt7oWbBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=166&vpy=163&dur=1576&hovh=229 &hovw=220&tx=144&ty=130&sig=102097932741799494420&page=1&tbnh=121&tbnw=116&start= 0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0> [Accessed: 09.11.2011 ]

Cultura General, 2011. Historia de Espaa [online] Available at: http://www.culturageneral.net/Humanidades/Historia/Historia_de_Espana/ [Accessed: 09.11.2011]

Moma, 2004. The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA Highlights, New York [online] Available at: http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79766 [Accessed: 08.11.2011]

Moma, 2006. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon [online] Available at: http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79766 [Accessed: 08.11.2011]

Pablo Picasso, Pablo Picasso's Cubism Period - 1909 to 1912 [online] Available at:http://www.pablopicasso.org/cubism.jsp [Accessed: 08.11.2011]