CUBISM, FAUVISM

AND NATURALISM
GROUP 3

Three Musicians, 1921 by Pablo Picasso

Three Musicians, 1921 by Pablo Picasso
 CUBISM
Three Musicians, 1921 by Pablo Picasso
HISTORY
Cubism is one of the most important art movements of the
20th century.

At the turn of the century, Post-Impressionism and Fauvism

— movements inspired by the Impressionists’ experimental
approach to painting—dominated European art.

French painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draughtsman

Georges Braque (1882-1963) contributed to the Fauvist
movement with his polychromatic paintings of stylized
landscapes and seascapes.
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HISTORY
In 1907, Braque met Spanish painter, sculptor,
printmaker, and designer Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). At
this time, Picasso was in his “African Period,”
producing primitive works influenced by African
sculpture and masks.

Like Braque's Post-Impressionist paintings, these

pieces played with form (and sometimes color), but
remained figurative.

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HISTORY
After they met, however, Braque and Picasso began
working together, deviating further from their previous
styles and collaboratively creating a new genre: Cubism.

They developed Cubism in the early 1900s, with the term

being coined by art critic Louis Vauxcelles in 1907 to
describe the artists.

Throughout the 1910s and 1920s, the two men—joined by

other artists—would use geometric forms to build up the
final representation.
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HISTORY
Since its emergence over 100 years ago, Cubism has
been regarded as one of modern art‘s most famous and
fascinating art movements.

Cubism is closely associated with iconic artists like

Pablo Picasso, whose avant-garde approach to
everyday subject matter turned art history on its head.

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HISTORY
Cubism abandoned the figurative portrayals found in
genres of art and moved toward total abstraction.

This aspect—along with its unique evolution and lasting

influence—has made Cubism one of the 20th century's
most celebrated forms of art.

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WHAT IS CUBISM?
Cubism is an art movement that
made its debut in 1907. Pioneered
by Pablo Picasso and Georges
Braque, the style is characterized
by fragmented subject matter
deconstructed in such a way that
it can be viewed from multiple
angles simultaneously.
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

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 PHASES OF
CUBISM
Three Musicians, 1921 by Pablo Picasso
PROTO-CUBISM
Before the movement was underway, both Picasso and
Braque applied elements of the soon-to-be style to their
respective genres.

This fascinating transition into Cubism is especially

apparent in two of their works: Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon (1907) and Viaduct at L'Estaque (1908).

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PROTO-CUBISM
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is
perhaps Picasso's most famous
piece from his African Period.
Dated 1907, it was created on the
cusp of Primitivism and Cubism,
as evident in the figures' mask-
like faces and the fragmented
subject matter.
Pablo Picasso, “Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon,” 1907

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PROTO-CUBISM
Pablo Picasso, “Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon,” 1907 and
Viaduct at L'Estaque depicts
Braque's interest in playing with
perspective and breaking
subjects into geometric forms—
key Cubist traits.
Georges Braque, “Viaduct at
L'Estaque,” 1908

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ANALYTIC CUBISM
This is first official phase of the
movement. This period lasted
from 1908 through 1912, and is
characterized by chaotic
paintings of fragmented subjects
rendered in neutral tones. The
fractured forms often overlap
with one another, displaying the
subject from multiple
perspectives at once. Pablo Picasso, “Still Life with a
Bottle of Rum,” 1911

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(Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art via Wikimedia Commons)
SYNTHETIC CUBISM
Synthetic Cubism is the
movement's second phase,
emerging in 1912 and lasting
until 1914. During this time,
Picasso, Braque, Gris, and other
artists simplified their
compositions and brightened
their color palettes. Synthetic
Cubism showcases an interest
in still-life depictions, rendered Juan Gris, “Still Life with
Bordeuaux Bottle,” 1919
as either paintings or collage art.
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(Photo: The Yorck Project via Wikimedia Commons)
 FAUVISM
ANDRÉ DERAIN, THE TURNING ROAD, L'ESTAQUE, 1906. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON. © PHOTO SCALA, FLORENCE.
ANDRÉ DERAIN, THE TURNING ROAD, L'ESTAQUE, 1906. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON. © PHOTO SCALA, FLORENCE.
FAUVISM
Fauvism, style of painting that flourished in France around
the turn of the 20th century. Fauve artists used pure,
brilliant color aggressively applied straight from the paint
tubes to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas.

In addition to Post-Impressionism, Cubist art was inspired

by Fauvism.

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FAUVISM

On top of Braque's association with the movement, this

influence was strengthened by Picasso's relationship to
Matisse, an artist renowned for using blocks of artificial
color and repeating patterns to compose a scene.

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FAUVISM
“You have got to be able to
picture side by side everything
Matisse and I were doing at that
time,” Picasso recalled in the
1960s. “No one has ever looked
at Matisse's painting more
carefully than I; and no one has
looked at mine more carefully
than he.”
Henri Matisse, “Portrait of Madame
Matisse,” 1905
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 NATURALISM
ANDRÉ DERAIN, THE TURNING ROAD, L'ESTAQUE, 1906. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON. © PHOTO SCALA, FLORENCE.
JOHN CONSTABLE, THE HAY WAIN, 1821. OIL ON CANVAS, NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON.
FAUVISM
NATURALISM
Naturalism, in philosophy, a theory that relates scientific
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method tostyle of painting
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around
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brilliant
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are natural.
tubes to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas.
Naturalism presumes that nature is in principle completely
knowable.
In addition to Post-Impressionism, Cubist art was inspired
by Fauvism.
Naturalists simply assert that nature is reality, the whole
of it. There is nothing beyond, nothing “other than,” no
“other world” of being.
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FAUVISM
NATURALISM
Naturalism in art refers to the depiction of realistic objects
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as with
the Florentine School.
In addition to Post-Impressionism, Cubist art was inspired
Naturalism
by Fauvism.is a type of art that pays attention to very
accurate and precise details, and portrays things as they
are.
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FAUVISM
NATURALISM
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are considered some of the
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William Bliss Baker, Fallen Monarchs
1886, BYU Museum of Art, Utah

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FAUVISM
NATURALISM
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sense of an explosion on the canvas.
of sheep in their natural
settings.
In addition to Post-Impressionism, Cubist art was inspired
by Fauvism.
Albert Charpin "Woman with Lambs”

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PRESENTED BY: BSCE II-D1 (GROUP 3)
GROUP MEMBERS
1. LUMBAB, NICOLE P.
2. MARANGA, JOMARIE V.
3. MATUGAS, MARPHY T.
4. MUMAR, CHRISTINE ANN F.
5. OCHIA, CRYSTAL
6. PADILLO, MARLON T.
7. PANTONIAL, KEITH ROI P.
8. QUINTANA, LYLA CHAIREIN T.
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