Year 11 Fast Track Mini Project – Cubism

How to use this PowerPoint

• Use this PP to plan and produce development work for your Cubism mini project.

• You can always access it via the art website: www.lbsart.weebly.com

• Green slides signal the start of a new stage in your work

Project stages (green slides)

There are 3 stages to the project: The first stage must be done before the mock exam on Friday 14 th December The final 2 stages will be done in the exam All project work must be handed in on Monday 17 th December 1. Cubism Research Board/s (AO1) 2. Cubist Still Life Drawing (AO3) 3. Cubist Still Life Painting (AO2 / AO4)

Timeline

This timeline assumes that you attend both after school sessions.

These sessions are essential for you to produce the required work.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Week starting Monday 3 rd Introduction to Cubism Analysing Cubist artwork Starting Cubist Research board HW: December Week starting Monday 10 th Completing Cubist Research Boards Mini practical – Cubist processes – Multiple viewpoints HW: December Friday 14 th Cubist Still Life Drawing December – Mock Exam Day 1 Monday 17 th Cubist Still Life Painting Hand in all portfolio work December – Mock exam Day 2

Stage 1 – Cubism Research Board/s

• • • You will have to show that you can: critical understanding (AO1) investigate a range of sources showing analytical and To do this you will create one or more A2 research boards about Cubist artwork and processes Look carefully through the following examples of boards and use the Cubism information slides to help create your boards

Cubism Research Board – Minimum one board to gain COMPETENT – Grade C

Use the PowerPoint and OTHER sources (books / internet / museum) Make notes using the 4 headings Artwork 1 Example of Analytical Cubism Notes about Artwork 1 What is analytical cubism, how do we recognise it? CUBISM General introduction to Cubism, how / why did it start and by who?

Main Artwork (Braque, Picasso or Gris) Artwork 2 Example of Synthetic Cubism Notes about Artwork 2 What is synthetic cubism, how do we recognise it? Detailed copy of the main artwork using materials Notes about the section you copied, why that section? What materials?

Extended Boards – To provide evidence for COHERENT & CONFIDENT bands

This could be one or more boards organised however you like. It is expected that you would use other sources as well as this PowerPoint. The board/s should include at least two of the following.

1. A more detailed definition of the differences between SYNTHETIC & ANALYTICAL CUBISM, using examples of artwork and evidence of research from other sources 1. Evidence of a visit to the BMAG to seek out Cubist art! See this link for some clues: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/modernmasters/art-walks/birmingham/step6.shtml

1. Examples of artwork that inspired Picasso and Braque to create the Cubist style. This could be ancient art or the work of previous artists such as Paul Cezanne. Use visual examples to show the links and inspirations.

2. Contemporary uses of the Cubist style in artwork and architecture , e.g. David Hockney, David Mach, The Hyatt!

Help with annotation…

• • • • It is very important that you write about the art in your own words We don’t need an essay, simple bullet points can be fine The following slides can really help, they can also be found on the website: http://lbsart.weebly.com/annotation helpsheets.html

ANALYSING AND EVALUATING ARTWORK POINT – EVIDENCE - EXPLAIN

CUBISM

Georges Braque 01 Jan 1955 Pablo Picasso 30 Sep 1955

• The Cubist movement in painting was developed by Picasso and Braque around 1907-1914, and became a major influence on Western art.

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Abstracted form

The artists chose to break down the subjects, and re assembled in an abstracted form — instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.

Picasso, Aficionado (1912)

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Inspirations…

They were greatly inspired by African sculpture, and by painters Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906) and Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891),

Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)

Broken up

Gris, Juan

, Teacups,1914 • In Cubism the subject matter is broken up, analyzed , and reassembled in an abstracted form . Picasso and Braque followed the advice of Paul Cézanne, who in 1904 said artists should treat nature "in terms of the cylinder , the sphere and the cone ."

The Cubist style

• emphasized the flat, two dimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modelling.

Braque, Georges

Violin and Candlestick Paris, [spring 1910]

New realities

• Cubist painters were not bound to copying form, texture, colour, and space; instead, they presented a new reality in paintings that depicted fragmented objects, whose several sides were seen simultaneously. Gris, Juan Landscape at Ceret, 1913 oil on canvas

Types of Cubism

• There are two main types of cubism, analytical cubism and synthetic cubism . The work up to

1912

is known as Analytical Cubism, concentrating on geometrical forms subdued colours. Analytic cubism was mainly practiced by Braque, and is very simple, with dark, almost monochromatic colours. using

Braque, Georges

Violin and Pitcher Paris, [early 1910] Oil on canvas

Analytical Cubism

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The main elements of Cubism were to show a simplified subject from several different points of view,

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Analytical Cubism was concerned with the breaking down, or analysis, of forms Colour schemes were simplified, to nearly monochromatic (hues of tan, brown, gray, cream, green, or blue preferred) in order not to distract the viewer from the artist's primary interest--the structure of form itself

Synthetic Cubism

• The second phase after 1912, known as Synthetic Cubism, used more decorative shapes, stencilling, collage, and brighter colours. It was then that artists such as Picasso and Braque started to use pieces of cut-up newspaper in their paintings.

Braque, Georges Fruit Dish, Ace of Clubs, [Paris, early 1913] Oil, gouache, and charcoal on canvas.

What is Synthetic Cubism????

Grew out of analytical cubism Real pieces of paper, scores of music replaced drawn musical notation.

Fragments of newspaper, playing cards, cigarette packs, and advertisements that were either real or painted were added to paintings.

Artist such as Picasso and Braque began to add found objects and textures into their paintings that surrounded them in their everyday environments They were bringing their real life objects and their paintings together They were inventing

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COLLAGE

Or as they called it

PAPIER COLLE

(French: pasted paper)

Cubism influences in Contemporary Art

David Hockney Portrait of the Artist's Mother. 1985, photocollage. This is called a photocollage rather than a photomontage, because it is more three-dimensional than a montage tends to be. Hockney reflected extensively on his process of collaging prints taken from a camera as connecting to the Cubist sense of multiple angles and especially of movement. These "multiples" (as he called them) convey a strong sense of movement,

David Mach

Post Card Collage, made up of multiple images to build A single portrait.

Cubism Influencing Design

Buildings Household Fashion Toys

Can you identify the following?

Braque, Georges

Still Life with Harp and Violin 1912 Oil on canvas

Answer:

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Analytical

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Why?

Cubism

Braque, Georges

Still Life on a Table: "Gillette." [Paris, early 1914] Charcoal, pasted paper, and gouache

Answer:

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Synthetic Cubism

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Why?

Picasso "Still Life with Chair Caning" 1912 Oil and oilcloth on canvas, with rope frame

Georges Braque

Candlestick and Playing Cards on a Table

1910

Juan Gris Portrait of Josette Gris

1916, Oil on panel

Juan Gris ‘the Breakfast’ 1915

Georges Braque ‘ Guitar and Clarinet’ 1918

Create a mind map of all the words you would use to describe Cubism… Here are a few to get you started… Abstract, Picasso, Braque, Cezanne, 1907-1914, Gris, African Masks, re-assembled, Viewpoint, broken , Cylinder , Sphere , David Mach, Cone David Hockney, Basic Shapes, Still Life, Portraits, Collage, Flat, two-dimensional, rejecting the traditional techniques , innovative, Photomontage, perspective, multiple view points, foreshortening, modelling, form, texture, colour, space , Synthetic Analytical