Transcript Cubism
Cubism
Themes:
Sought to deconstruct reality by using
geometric designs as visual stimuli
to re-create reality in the viewer’s
mind
Influences:
African art (esp. tribal masks)
Micronesian art
Native American art
Styles
Analytical Cubism
Period from 1910-1912
breaking down or analysis of form
Right angle and straight lines
Simplified color schemes
Complex, multiple views of object
Forms generally compact and dense in the center growing larger
towards the edges
Synthetic Cubism
After 1912
Emphasis on combination or synthesis of forms in picture
Color extremely important in shapes
Smooth and rough surfaces contrast with each other
Frequently non-painted objects such as newspapers or tobacco
wrappers are pasted on canvas and combined with painted areas
Emphasis on differences in textures
What is reality and what is illusion
Techniques
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Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table – Picasso
Emphasized the flat, 2D surface of the
picture plane
rejected traditional techniques (perspective,
foreshortening, modeling, and chiaroscuro
showed fragmented objects
cubist paintings showed letters, musical
instruments, bottles, pitchers, glasses,
newspapers, still lifes, and the human
face/figure
analytical cubism (1910-1912)- paintings
during this time portrayed breaking
down/analysis of form, right angles and
straight lines- colors were simple (tans,
browns, blacks, grays, creams) to distract
people from the primary interest the
structure of form which are compact and
dense
synthetic cubism (after 1912)- emphasizes
the blend of forms. colors are very
important because they are larger and more
decorative- had both smooth and rough
surfaces including non-painted objects were
put on the canvas (newspapers and tobacco
wrappers) - stressed differences in texture
and questioned what reality really was
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
• One of the founders of Cubism
Portrait of
Ambroise
Vollard
Les Demoiselles d' Avignon
George Braque
George Braque
• Another founder of Cubism
House at L'Estaque
Violin and Pitcher
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
• Influenced by Henri Matisse
Connections
• Like Freud and Nietzsche, Cubist
artists rejected rationalism