What is Cubism?

Pablo Picasso Georges Braque (French,

(Spanish, 1881–1973) 1882–1963)
 What techniques make Cubism unique?

Emphasizes the flat, two-dimensional surface

of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional
techniques of perspective, foreshortening,
modelling, and chiaroscuro.

“Man with pipe”

Pablo Picasso
Tête by Pablo Picasso

“Head”
Le Bougeoir by Georges Braque

“The Candle”
Cubism’s Main Domains
Painting Architecture
House of the Black Madonna, Museum
Nude Descending Starecase No. 2 (1912) Marcel
of Cubism in Old Town Prague
Duchamp (1887 – 1968)

Sculpture
Walking Woman (1912)
Alexander Archipenko (1887 – 1964)
What importance does Cubism have?

• Futurism - Italy
• Vorticism - England
• Suprematism and Constructivism - Russia
• Expressionism - Germany
Sources
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ZT1705Slw&ab_channel=nationalgalleries
• https://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/cubism.htm#:~:text=Cubism%20wa
s%20the%20first%20abstract,a%20subject%20at%20one%20time.
• https://www.britannica.com/art/Cubism
• https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/20883/t%C3%AAte-head
• https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/420/le-bougeoir-candlestick
• https://pixel77.com/influence-art-history-cubism/?
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