Museu Picasso

Page 2 of 3 ZOOM Las Meninas - Valázquez and Picasso “Las Meninas” is a famous painting created by Diego Valázquez in 1656 (left). Diego Valázquez’s “Las Meninas” has inspired artists to make several renditions, admiring it. Pablo Picasso, in particular, has made over 50 renditions of “Las Meninas”. Pablo Picasso’s rendition shown at the top of the page (right) is only one of his recreations of “Las Meninas”, made in 1957 . There are many similarities and differences between both the

Page 1 of 2 ZOOM By Alyssa WagnerDiego Velázquez and Pablo Picasso both created a work of art called “Las Meninas.” Velázquez created this painting for the royal family of Spain. Picasso created 58 interpretations of “Las Meninas,” but each in their own unique way. He may have borrowed Velázquez’s idea, but he created his own, very original, works of art around that idea. Now, the 58 pieces stand in a museum in Spain, where they are displayed to be gazed upon and to be appreciated by

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist of great renown. He was famous for his work as a sculptor, painter, ceramist, poet, and playwright. He was born in Spain but did most of his work in France. He was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century and he was one of the founding fathers of the cubist movement. His contributions include the collage and the constructed sculpture. Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp are the artists who defined the plastic arts. Picasso lived from 25 October 1881 to 8 April

paintings. Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso, two out of the hundreds of artist, are some of the most outstanding artist that have ever been discovered. Art classes only teach people to paint and draw, but Chagall and Picasso taught more than thousands what true art is. Chagall had three big masterpieces he worked on for a long time. Chagall and Picasso were big artist because, Marc had three big masterpieces, Don Jose was Picasso Father, and Together Chagall and Picasso made two great artist (Venezia)

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon  Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon, and originally titled The Brothel of Avignon) is a large oil painting of 1907 by the Spanish artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973). The work portrays five nude female prostitutes from a brothel on Avinyó Street in Barcelona. Each figure is depicted in a disconcerting confrontational manner and none are conventionally feminine. The women appear as slightly menacing and rendered with angular and disjointed body shapes

Arts Appreciation 1301 Chapter 1 Quiz 1. Chapter One opens by describing the work of artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Gunpowder is an unusual material to draw with and the sky is an unusual surface to draw on! What reasons does the artist give for using gunpowder as his drawing material? Cai Guo-Qiang wished to create beauty from something like gunpowder, which is originally considered a force of destruction. 2. On page 3, the author (Sayre p.3) states: “Appreciating art is never just a question of accepting

ANALYSIS TASK YEAR 10 MAJOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS TASK CRITICAL TASK ANALYSIS Step 1: Description Pablo Picasso is a widely acknowledged Spanish artist in the twentieth century. He was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881.Cubism was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the 20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented speed. In 1909, Picasso used cubism influenced by Paul Cezanne created an artwork called “The Factory at Horta de Ebro”. The painting

2D Analysis “Nude Combing Her Hair” Pablo Picasso. 1906 The piece I chose is Pablo Picasso’s “Nude combing her hair”. I first saw it at the Kimbell Art Museum and remember admiring it. It was finished in 1906 and is oil paint on canvas. The main (only) figure in this painting is a nude woman, standing, who appears to be combing through her hair with her fingers after bathing. Although abstract, Picasso creates a very elegant, raw, and naturalistic form using color, space, and his depiction

http://www.pablopicasso.org/picasso-biography.jsp http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-9440021 Biography profile for Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso the man was a troubled, eccentric, problematic man who could never settle down with a woman or a place of residency, maybe what we could call a "free spirit". Picasso, the man, was also an activist. He fought for peace until his last days. However, no matter how much troubled Picasso, the man was overshadowed by his own art. In addition,

“Guernica” by Pablo Picasso was a black and white, mural oil painting created in June of 1937 on a 349 cm × 776 cm (137.4 in × 305.5 in) canvas. The piece represents the chaos that flooded the Spanish town of Guernica after a vicious bombing by the German and Italian forces during the Spanish Civil War. What followed was a senseless slaughter and bloodshed with the primary focus being the demoralization of the Basque people. The painting depicts suffering people, animals, and buildings wrenched