is one of the modernist trends. Cubism originated in France at the beginning of the 20th century. INTRODUCTION TO CUBISM The name Cubism was suggested by Henri Matisee in 1909. He observed that the pictures themselves consisted of nothing but little cubes.
The idea behind Cubism is
to show the essence of an object by displaying it from many different angles and points of view at the same time. INTRODUCTION TO CUBISM
Cubist paintings are
abstract, they are an attempt at a more realistic way of seeing.
Cubism proposed that the
work of art was itself a reality that represented the very process by which nature is transformed into art. Characteristics of Cubism splintered shapes, flattened space, and geometric blocks of colors quest to find a new concept of painting as an arrangement of form and color on a 2-D surface multiple angles reconstruct objects battle between what the eyes see and what the mind knows is suppose to be there Paul Cézanne and his influence He liked to flatten the space in his paintings to place emphasis on their surface: to stress the difference between a painting and reality.
Cézanne was a French
artist during the Post- Impressionist era and his ideas behind art influenced Fauvism, Cubism, and Expressionism. Paul Cézanne and his influence
He used color, line, and
form in his work to describe how the human eye sees nature
He also taught cubists the
importance of viewing objects from multiple angles and trying to incorporate them onto one canvas. Rocky Landscape at Aix, 1887 by Paul Cezanne Pablo Picasso
Picasso's cubist art was
influenced by Cézanne and African Sculpture.
He worked with Braque and
their influences on each others work allowed for the development of cubism as we know it Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
by: Pablo Picasso
Girl before a Mirror
by: Pablo Picasso
Georges Braque
A part inventor of Cubism.
Violin and Candlestick
by: Georges Braque
The Portuguese
by: Georges Braque
Braque & Picasso Influence Each Other Picasso and Braque were the fathers of Cubism. The close contact between Picasso and Braque was crucial to the style of Cubism. The two artists collaborated very closely, regularly meeting to discuss their progress. Types of Cubism Analytical Cubism: This was Girl with a Mandolin by Pablo Picasso the early form of cubism that lasted until about 1912. The artwork was unified by the use of a subdued and limited palette of colors.
Analytic Cubists reduced
natural forms to their basic geometric parts and then tried to reconcile these essentially 3-D parts with the 2-D picture plane Characteristics of Analytical Cubism Objects are analyzed from many perspectives. Artist incorporates many of these perspectives in the painting itself. The painting, instead of directly showing the subject, "evokes a sense of the subject." Still Life With A Bunch of Grapes by Georges Braque Portrait of Ambroise Vollard by Pablo Picasso Types of Cubism Synthetic Cubism: Began around Guitar and Clarinet by Juan Gris 1912. It no longer concerned with exploring the anatomy of nature, but turns to the creation of a new anatomy that is far less dependent upon the principle of perception.
The painters attention was
focused on the construction, not the analysis of the object. Characteristics of Synthetic Cubism Objects are still drawn from multiple perspectives, but they are more discernable, and they are more colorful. pushing of several objects together fewer planar shifts less shading and flatter space Still Life with a Guitar by Pablo Picasso The three musicians by Pablo Picasso Aguirre, Keirvy