Cubism

Cubism was a revolutionary art movement that emerged in the early 20th century, primarily
associated with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

The movement emphasized the breaking down of objects into basic geometric shapes, such as cubes,
spheres, and cones, and the representation of multiple viewpoints simultaneously.

This approach was intended to convey a more comprehensive understanding of the subject matter,
rather than simply reproducing it realistically.

Cubism comes in two forms. Both were created by Spanish-born

artist Pablo Picasso and his French friend and fellow artist Georges
Braque between 1907 and 1914. Cubism was different from other art
forms that came before it, mainly because it was less concerned with
telling a story and more interested in showing multiple viewpoints in
one painting. The arrangements of volumes and planes were used to
highlight the two-dimensionality of the canvas. Rather than
presenting realistic renderings of objects and figures
Ex. image with description Pablo Picasso
One of the most important canvases of the twentieth century, Picasso’s
great breakthrough painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was constructed in
response to several significant sources.

He used distortion of the female bodies and geometric forms in an innovative

way, which challenge the expectation that paintings will offer idealized
representations of female beauty. It also shows the influence of African art on
Picasso.

This portrait of five prostitutes draws heavy influence from African tribal art,
which Picasso had recently been exposed to at the Palais du Trocadéro, a
Paris ethnographic museum.

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

pronouncation
le demosel davignon
Ex. image with description Georges Braque
Braque's paintings made over the summer of 1908 at l'Estaque are
considered the first Cubist paintings.
These simple landscape paintings showed Braque's determination to break
imagery into dissected parts.
The brown and green palette here also predicts a palette that Braque
employed in many paintings to come.

Houses of Estaque
pronounce
houses of
lestak(lestaque)
links:
https://www.history.com/topics/art-history/history-of-
cubism#:~:text=Cubism%20is%20an%20artistic%20movement,pure%20level%20of%20visual%20abstraction.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/art-movements-
cubism#:~:text=Cubism%20Characteristics%20and%20Style,flatness%20of%20the%20artist's%20canvas.

https://study.com/learn/lesson/cubism-art-characteristics.html

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm

https://www.pablopicasso.org/avignon.jsp

artwork of Pablo Picasso

https://textbooks.whatcom.edu/art205taylor/chapter/mod8/

artwork of Georges Braque

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/braque-georges/