Cubism

workmanship in Cubism and Dada art movements (Smith para 3).

and together they produced a style known as Cubism. The period after World War I indicated an apparent return to the art of realism for Picasso as seen in a pencil drawing of 1915, Portrait of Vollard. This small work foretold Picasso's renewed curiosity in descriptive interpretation, which, for some time, ran parallel with cubism. During the 1920's, a growing sense of unease was expressed through Picasso's work and a style shift started moving from Cubism to being closer to surrealism (an artistic

the time he was going to move to Paris to practice new styles. During that time he was working from the Blue period to the Rose period. As these periods were going on he was practicing mastering Cubism, Surrealism, and Realism. Georges Braque's made a contribution to Picasso in the thought of creating Cubism: as where Picasso made major contributions in the creating of Symbolism and Surrealism. Picasso invented the collage; this is sticking pre-existing materials into new designs.

“In Cubism paintings, objects are broken apart and reassembled in an abstracted form, highlighting their composite geometric shapes and depicting them from multiple, simultaneous viewpoints in order to create physics defying, collage- like effects” (Biography.com Editors). This innovative art form was very diverse from any other and he was able to create an unseen theme resulting in the new style, Cubism. As said in this article, “Pablo Picasso is most known for instruction of cubism, and modern

all known form of traditional art, a radical break from the Western tradition that very much led to the Cubism movement (Bishop, 2002). What made Demoiselles revolutionary was that "in it Picasso broke away from the two central characteristics of European painting since the Renaissance: the classical norm for the human figure, and the spatial illusionism of one-point perspective" (Fry, 1966). Cubism had “destroyed […] the realist conventions for three-dimensional perspective which had been dominant

the painting.(6) The color's reduced to a combination of dull greens, grays and browns.(6) The shading and angles makes it un-clear to where the lighting comes from. The curving rhythms have manufactured a system of horizontals and verticals.(6) For cubism this piece is an iconic piece that gives no sense of a normal perspective.(7) For the lack in true depth and detail the technique of using multiple perspective's simultaneously would present to be it's biggest feature.(7) (Style) The piece was inspired

influential figures of the 20th century. Although he has many famous paintings, he was well-known for his development towards cubism and modern art. Picasso’s Portrait of Olga in the Armchair 1917, and Seated Woman Holding a Fan 1908, are two paintings that represented two different eras. Picasso’s 1917 compared to his 1908 painting differ because he moved from cubism, to a more realistic painting way. While using geometrical shapes in one; he used more realistic while painting the features of

one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. Picasso was born October 25, 1881 and died April 8, 1973; at 91 years old. Picasso is most well known for his foundation of cubism, and also a very large name in world of modern art. Picasso did not only make his name in modern art and cubism; he was also a very famous sculptor, ceramist, stage designer, and poet. Picasso created many famous pieces of artwork during his career of 7 decades. Pablo Picasso’s Bull’s Head, 1942 was assembled

Clarissa Kirsch-Downs Dr. Conaty ARTH 150 8 December 2015 Cubism In art history 150, we are learning about different artworks and the strategies of the artist who painted their artwork. I selected my artwork because of the funky style and mystery behind the painting itself. It’s very unordinary and makes one think about what it could possibly be but after analyzing and understanding the title, then one can determine what the artwork is. My response to it was, ‘I have to write about this artwork’

(INFORMATION PLEASE. 2000. Cubist Theory. Information Please Pearson Education.) Cubism or purism is reflected in the Villa Savoye by its relation to a cubist painting. It had scattered, versatile spaces, sharp edges, smooth-surfaces, geometric volumes are used. In the villa Savoye this is translated through rectangular blocks of concrete