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Cubism

Cubism. 1908-1914. Cubism. Cubists broke objects into a multitude of pieces that were not actually cubes. The name came from Matisse’s dismissal of Braque’s landscapes as “little cubes”. Cubism. There are considered to be four “true” Cubist painters. Picasso Braque Gris Leger.

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Cubism

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  1. Cubism 1908-1914

  2. Cubism • Cubists broke objects into a multitude of pieces that were not actually cubes. • The name came from Matisse’s dismissal of Braque’s landscapes as “little cubes”

  3. Cubism • There are considered to be four “true” Cubist painters. • Picasso • Braque • Gris • Leger

  4. Portrait of Picasso by Leger

  5. Analytic Cubism • The first of two phases of Cubism was called Analytic Cubism because it analyzed the form of objects by shattering them into fragments spread out on the canvas.

  6. Man with a Guitar by Braque

  7. Analytic Cubism • Picasso and Braque worked in a nearly monochrome palette. Using only brown, green and later gray in order to analyze the form without the distraction of bright colors.

  8. Girl with a Mandolin by Picasso

  9. Synthetic Cubism • Braque and Picasso invented a new art form called collage. • Braque’s “Mandolin” dismantles the stringed instrument only to resemble it’s essential structural lines in corrugated cardboard and newsprint.

  10. Three Musicians by Picasso

  11. Mandolin by Braque

  12. Synthetic Cubism • Gris contributed to Synthetic Cubism. • Leger added curved forms to the angular Cubist vocabulary. • Noted for his industrial landscapes full of polished, metallic shapes & hard gears.

  13. The Guitar by Gris

  14. DansL’Usine by Leger

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