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Cubism
Mahum Mujeeb
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What Is Cubism ?
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It's a style of painting where the artist tries to depict an object
from multiple angles simultaneously within the two-dimensional
plane of the canvas. Cubism paintings are paintings which are
broken up, analyzed and put together in an abstract way Instead of drawing the picture from one angle, the artist draws
the picture from loads of different views to show the object in
greater detail. Late 1908, Picasso and Braque developed
Cubism, although some inspirations existed earlier. The most
vital period of Cubism ended in 1917 but it still influences and
informs artists today. The first paintings in the style we call
analytical cubism were painted in 1908 by Pablo Picasso and
Georges Braque. They changed their style into synthetical
cubism in 1912-1915. Other artists painted in styles that may be
seen as cubism until about 1925.
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Artist
The Artist that made this artworks name
is George Braque. He as born in a small
community in Seine which is near Paris.
His father and grandfather, both amateur
artists, were the owners of a prosperous
house-painting firm. In 1890 the family
moved to Le Havre, which had also been,
in the time of the seascapist Eugène
Boudin and the young Claude Monet, an
early centre of Impressionism. The boy
attended the local public school,
accompanied his father on painting
expeditions. In the spring of 1907 Braque
exhibited six paintings at the Paris Salon
des Indépendants and sold them all.
Kahnweiler introduced him to the avantgarde poet and critic Guillaume
Apollinaire, who in turn introduced him to
Picasso. Braque was at first disconcerted
by Picasso's recentwork Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon (1907). “Listen,” he is reported
to have said, “in spite of your
explanations your painting looks as if you
wanted to make us eat tow, or drink
gasoline and spit fire.” Despite these
reservations, Braque painted his Large
Nude (1908), a somewhat less-radical
take on Picasso's use of distorted planes
and shallow space. The two artists
became close friends, and within a few
months they were engaged in the
unprecedented process of mutual
influence from which Cubism emerged.
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Why I Like It ?
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I like the style of artwork because it is very interesting and it
makes me want tot think. I like that it makes the picture look
abstract in a way and I really like abstract art because it
makes me want to think what the artist is trying to show in
this painting. I like Cubism as well because it shows how
different people look at pictures in different ways. Cubism
showed how you can see a object in a different way and
rendering a subject. The artist challenged us of how we look
at the objects. Cubism paved the way for all later art
movements that questioned established norms of aesthetics
and beauty. By incorporating multiple perspectives, painters
forced audiences to consider time as a part of art.
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Still Life And Cubism ?
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Still Life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or
flowers
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Cubism - Cubism paintings are paintings which are broken
up, analyzed and put together in an abstract way
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Still life is when you are painting something, which is an
inanimate object, and Cubism is when you paint a still life but
break it and put it in a way that it looks abstract. Cubism is
abstract and when something is abstract you cant tell what
the artist is painting you have to think about it. In a realistic
still life painting you can see clearly and precisely what the
artist is trying to show in the painting.
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Difference
As you can see above that on the right (Cubism) you cant
tell what the artist is trying to show. On the left (still life)
you can exactly tell what the artist is trying to show.
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Bibliography
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http://www.okokchina.com/Files/uppic/Realistic%20still%20life%20oil%20paintings7
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_relationship_between_cubism_and_suprematism
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_relationship_between_cubism_and_suprematism