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Pablo Picasso
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in 1973. Pablo is a Spanish painter and sculptor. He was
well known for cubism, and was one of the most famous artists in the 20thcentury. His works
remained well known for more than seven decades. Pablo developed a thousand prices of art and
this made him more successful like most of the influential artist especially in the 20th century.
One of the most significant moments in the artist’s works is the blue period(Charles, 2011). This
is the period which he ceased to sign his full names to a painting, and related all his works with
the name ‘Picasso’. The ‘blue period’ is famous for the development of images containing
shades of blue, and more so, a feeling of melancholy and despair as a result of the loss of a
friend. Two major paintings have made Pablo famous; ‘the old Guitarist’ and ‘the tragedy.
The blue period was followed by the ‘rose period’, which brings out a more cheerful
aspect in Picasso’s life. Cubism was the abstract art movement he artist remained attached to,
and this was in the early 1990s. One of the artist’s greatest cubist pieces, and one of the best, is
the ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’, which is an excellent example of the artistic genre. In the
painting ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avigon’, Picasso is keen to focus on the middle class society, and in
some manner ignores the values emphasized on. Rather, he opts to show the sexual freedom in a
brothel. He also, chooses to abandon the commonly used movements in painting and embraces
the use of different colors in his art which may not be acceptable by the entire painting
society(Green, 2011).
He chooses to use line drawing as compared to color and light defined aspects in the
quest to gain the impression of the viewers. Picasso lays emphasis on aspects of independence
and makes sure that the seeds of his movement, cubism, are well advocated for in the painting,
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Less Demoiselles d’Avigon. Color has been used to bring out the entire mood of the painting.
This enables the viewers to create a perception based on their understandings and relate with the
external environment. Every different color used in the painting has different associations with
different groups of people. For example, in this painting, there is a girl with a darker complexion
and light shades are evident. Shadows and different lighting has been used to elevate the
piece(Bloom, 2000). These shadows set the mood and at no given time is a sense of innocence
evident.
The shapes used give the ladies in the painting a great sense of stability, they have
alsobeen drawn in a group which brings out a sense of wholeness. The element of relaxation
from the painting brings out a sense of serenity. Depth is also important in painting analysis,
considering its importance andmore so the restrictions on the different techniques used by
different artists. Picasso’s painting is two dimensional. Actual depth cannot really be noted,
despite the difference in intuition which might be in different viewers. Interposition is the major
depth cue used by the painter, which has allowed partial blocking of all distant objects. The
structure behind has been blocked by the five girls drawn in the painting. This creates more of an
illusion regarding what is in the background and what is in the front side.
The interposition and overlap are the aspects that lead to the realization of depth in
Picasso’s painting. Psychology of the eye helps you to see the four cues. The human visual
system perceives depth, color, form and movement very differently based on psychological and
physiological cues. Psychological cues are all monocular. The psychology of the eye helps me to
see all the four cues since it applies the accommodative, convergent and binocular parallax for
image viewing. The tension of the muscle is responsible for changing the focal length which the
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convergent aspect helps the eyes to point slightly inward. Binocular parallax on the other hand, is
important for medium viewing distances. The sense of depth, color and form is thus achieved.
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References
Charles, V. (2011). Pablo Picasso. Beijing: Parkstone International.
Green, C. (2011). Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Beijing: Parkstone International.
Bloom, L. (2000). With Other Eyes: Looking at Race and Gender in Visual Culture. Minnesota:
University of Minnesota press