An Abstract Art Movement CUBISM

 What’s going on in this picture?  What do you see that makes you say/think that?  What more can we find?  Does anything seem unusual about this face? SEE, THINK, WONDER

 What’s going on in this picture?  What do you see that makes you say/think that?  What more can we find? SEE, THINK, WONDER

 What do you see in this image? Does anything about this still life seem unusual?  What do you think about this untraditional still life?  What does this image make you wonder? SEE, THINK, WONDER

CUBISM  In the four decades from , inventions such as photography, cinematography, sound recording, the telephone, the motor car and the airplane heralded the dawn of a new age.  Artist needed a 'new way of seeing' that expanded the possibilities of art in the same way that technology was extending the boundaries of communication and travel so that art would not become extinct.  This new way of seeing was called Cubism. Cubism was the first abstract style of modern art.  Cubism is an art movement in which three-dimensional objects are pictured from many different angles at the same time.  The images seen in cubist paintings are impossible to see in real life at one time.  Cubist paintings depict real people, places or objects, but not from a single viewpoint. Viewpoint-is a position of observation. The viewpoint is a place where something can be seen.  Cubism is a style and method of abstracting an image. Abstraction- is the deforming of realistic imagery.

Pablo Picasso was born in Magala, Span, in Pablo Picasso is known as one of the father of Cubism. Pablo Picasso broke many different boundaries during his time period which helped make him a great artist. Picasso died at age 91. “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth” - Pablo Picasso MEET PABLO PICASSO

The Cubists believed that the traditions of Western art had become exhausted. In efforts to add more excitement to the art they applied expressive qualities of art from other cultures, especially African art. However, they were not interested in the true religious or social symbolism of the different cultural objects, but valued them superficially for their expressive style. THE INFLUENCE OF AFRICAN ART LEFT: Pablo Picasso, 'Head of a Woman', 1907 (oil on canvas) RIGHT: Dan Mask from West Africa

Portrait-is an image of a person. A portrait often depicts the face or the body. (C) Still Life-is an image of inanimate (non-moving) objects. (C) PORTRAIT VS. STILL LIFE

 The three common positions of the head for portraits are: 1.Frontal- is the front view of the face. (C) 2.Profile- is the side view of the face. (C) 3.Three-Quarter- is the angle of the face between frontal and profile view. (C) PORTRAIT ANGLES

A collage is a two-dimensional work of art consisting of many pieces pasted onto a surface. (C) Elementary Assignment: Cubist Portrait Collage  Create a cubist collage portrait.  Use a mixture of different paper. Magazine pages, scrap card stock and scrap construction paper will be used to cut and paste pieces to create a collage. (P,C)  Use facial features from frontal, profile and three-quarter view.  Abstract some of the facial features. Middle School Assignment: Cubist Still Life Collage  Create a cubist collage still life drawing.  Combine three different angles of the still life.  Abstract some of the objects within the still life. ASSIGNMENT