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Pablo Picasso 1881-1973. Self Portrait 1896. “Boulevard de Clichy” 1901. Blue Period 1901-1904. “The Old Guitarist”. “The Tragedy” 1903. Rose Period 1904-1906. “Acrobat and Young Harlequin ” 1903. “Family of Saltimbanques ” 1905. Cubism:
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Self Portrait 1896
Blue Period 1901-1904 “The Old Guitarist”
“The Tragedy” 1903
Rose Period 1904-1906 “Acrobat and Young Harlequin” 1903
Cubism: The Cubists tried to create a new way of seeing things in art. Many of their subjects were represented as combinations of basic geometric shapes - cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, and other geometric shapes. Beginnings of Cubism…
Self Portrait 1907
Cubists wanted to show all the sides of an object in the same picture. This approach was related more to the way we see images in our 'minds-eye' rather than in real life, that is if we close our eyes and try to see an image, perhaps of a friend, it is often hard to visualize the 'whole' image - we usually see parts or fractured pieces. Cubist pictures are often described as looking like pieces of fractured glass, like someone had cut them up and glued them back together.
“The Guitar Player” 1910
“Head of a Woman” 1930
“Guernica” 1936