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Art History: Impressionism to Early Modernism (AHIS 206-Winter). Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 Instructor, Danielle Hogan Email: hogan_danielle @shaw.ca. Cubism. Bust of a Woman 1909 Pablo Picasso. Sphere, Cone, Cylinder. Viaduct at L’Estaque 1882 Paul Cezanne
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Art History: Impressionism to Early Modernism (AHIS 206-Winter) Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 Instructor, Danielle Hogan Email: hogan_danielle @shaw.ca
Bust of a Woman 1909 Pablo Picasso
Viaduct at L’Estaque 1882 Paul Cezanne (Look for the reduction to simple shapes)
Les Demoiselles D’Avignon 1907 Pablo Picasso (this work is typically either considered the first cubist piece or the last before Picasso l)aunched himself into the Cubist aesthetic.
Picasso 1881-1973
George Braque 1882-1963
Fernand Leger 1881-1955‘The Tubist”
Analytic Cubism staged modern art's most radical break with traditional models of representation. It abandoned perspective, which artists had used to order space since the Renaissance. And it turned away from the realistic modeling of figures and towards a system of representing bodies in space that employed small, tilted planes, set in a shallow space. Over time, Picasso and Braque also moved towards open form - they pierced the bodies of their figures, let the space flow through them, and blended background into foreground. Some historians have argued that its innovations represent a response to the changing experience of space, movement, and time in the modern world.
Houses at L’Estaque George Braque
L’Estaque 1908 George Braque
Picasso The Mandolin 1910 (Note here the areas where Picasso is Still unsure as to how to proceed with Flat plane perspectives.)
Picasso Ambroise Voilard 1910
George Braque Violin and Candle Stick Spring 1910
Juan Griz Portrait of Picasso
Fernand LegerContrasted Forms1914Oil on canvas80.7 x 65.2 cm
Synthetic Cubism proved equally important and influential for later artists. Instead of relying on depicted shapes and forms to represent objects, Picasso and Braque began to explore the use of foreign objects as abstract signs. Their use of newspaper would lead later historians to argue that, instead of being concerned above all with form, the artists were also acutely aware of current events - in particular WWI.
Picasso, PabloStill Life with Chair-CaningParis, [May] 1912Oil and oilcloth on canvas, with rope frame
Braque, GeorgesStill Life on a Table: "Gillette."[Paris, early 1914]Charcoal, pasted paper, and gouache18 7/8 x 24 3/8 in. (48 x 62 cm.)
Picasso, PabloStill-life with Fruit-dish on a Table1914-15Oil on canvas64 x 80 cm (25 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.)
Check this link for good information on Cubism: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm Also check out: http://artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso.html