CUBISM & PICASSO
CUBISM
CUBISM & PICASSO
I paint
forms
as I think
them
not
as I see
them
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, 1907.
20th CENTURY ART
Cubism
show the
‘concept’
of an object
rather than
details
of the
real thing
Picasso, Enamel Saucepan, 1945 (Synthetic Cubism)
CUBISM & PICASSO
BRAQUE, Houses at L'Estaque
L'Estaque,1908
Paul Cezanne La Montagne Saint Victoire Barnes, 1885
French art critic Louis Vauxcelles created the term Cubism after seeing
Braque’s landscapes at L'Estaque in modeled after the work of Paul
Cezanne.
CUBISM & PICASSO
"Every thing in
nature takes
it's form from
the sphere,
cone or
cylinder."
- Paul
Cezanne
Self-Portrait, Paul Cezanne, 1879-82 (140 Kb); Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 20 5/8"; Tate Gallery, London
CUBISM & PICASSO
GEORGES BRAQUE 'Viaduct at L'Estaque', 1908 (oil on canvas)
Paul Cezanne's
influence most noted
in Georges Braque's
work
Road near L'Estaque.
CUBISM & PICASSO
Primitive Cubism
or Proto Cubism
1907 to 1908
Analytical Cubism
High Analytical
or Hermetic Cubism
1909 to 1912
1910 to 1912
Synthetic Cubism
1912 to 1920
http://www.arthistoryunstuffed.com/tag/hermetic-cubism/
CUBISM & PICASSO
Primitive
Cubism
began
in 1907
until 1908
The Vase, Bowl, Lemon
Picasso
1907
CUBISM & PICASSO
Georges Braque, Musical Instruments, 1908.
20th CENTURY ART
simplify
objects
to their
most basic,
primitive terms
Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon , 1907
CUBISM & PICASSO
Analytical Cubism
Began 1908 to 1912
Exploration of a subject’s pure form
Mentally broke the subject
into flat planes and arranged them
in complex, overlapping relationships
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963). Violin and Palette (Violon et palette), September 1, 1909. Oil on canvas.
CUBISM & PICASSO
Limited Monochromatic
Palette
grays, browns, dark greens,
ochre, dark yellows
Picasso's Ma Jolie from 1912
is a classic example of this
technique.
CUBISM & PICASSO
"high"
Analytic
Cubism
(1910–12),
also called
hermetic
Candlestick and Playing Cards on a
Table, Autumn 1910 Georges Braque
(French, 1882–1963)Oil on canvas
CUBISM & PICASSO
The composition
of this small
oval painting
consists of clearly
defined Cubist
planes
in hues of brown
and ocher
highlighted
by black and
white.
CUBISM & PICASSO
At the center
can be identified
the corner of a
table upon which
rests the round
base of a brass
candlestick
CUBISM & PICASSO
and, at the right,
two playing cards
—the ace of hearts
and the six
of diamonds.
CUBISM & PICASSO
In rectangular
Analytic Cubism,
planes and facets
of forms concentrate
in the center
of a composition,
Still Life with a Bottle of Rum, 1911Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881–1973)Oil on canvas
CUBISM & PICASSO
and the
corners
remain
relatively
empty.
Still Life with a Pair of Banderillas,
Summer 1911Georges Braque (French,
1882–1963)Oil on canvas
CUBISM & PICASSO
An oval format
avoids such
corners,
and therefore
Braque and
Picasso
sometimes
favored this
shape.
The Clarinet
(La clarinette),
summer-fall 1912.
Oil with sand on fine linen canvas
CUBISM & PICASSO
Analytical Cubism
Faceted shapes
and
translucent
divisions
of space
Pablo Picasso,
Portrait of Vollard, 1910.
ANALYTICAL CUBISM
CUBISM & PICASSO
Analytical Cubism
Complex
and
systematic
design
Georges Braque,
Violin and Jug, 1910)
ANALYTICAL CUBISM
CUBISM & PICASSO
Their favorite motifs
were musical
instruments, bottles,
pitchers, glasses,
newspapers, playing
cards & the human face.
Landscapes were rare.
.
CUBISM & PICASSO
Differing views
of the same subject
in the same work
Georges Braque, Fruitdish, 1908-09
CUBISM & PICASSO
Analytical Cubism
Pablo Picasso,
Aficionado, 1912.
ANALYTICAL CUBISM
CUBISM & PICASSO
SYNTHETIC
CUBISM
1912-14
more colourful
Pablo Picasso, Composition with Skull, 1908.
CUBISM & PICASSO
Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921.
Puts forms
back together
after breaking
them apart
CUBISM & PICASSO
Synthetic Cubism
“Collage”
French word
“glue”
Foreign materials
pasted makes the
collage look like a
real surface
George Braque, Gillet, 1914.
Scraps are
changed and
painted on, giving
them a double
meaning
CUBISM & PICASSO
collage
bridged the gap
between life and art
inserting pieces
of the real world
onto the canvas.
Picasso, Bottle of Pernod and Glass, 1912
CUBISM & PICASSO
Synthetic Cubism
Pablo Picasso,
Glass and Bottle
of Suze, 1912.
SYNTHETIC CUBISM