Cubism
Cubism First work was Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907 Influenced by Cezanne’s late work Possibly influenced by African masks Attempts to show many sides of a figure/object at one time Searching to represent 4th dimension (Euclidean geometry)
Major Artists of Cubism Picasso Georges Braque
Analytic Cubism Pablo Picasso Ma Jolie, Georges Braque, Houses at L’estaque, 1908 (left) Violin and Palette, (right)
Synthetic Cubism Pablo Picasso, Glass and Bottle of Suze, 1912
Picasso on Cubism… “Cubism is no different from any other school of painting. The same principles and the same elements are common to all. The fact that for a long time Cubism has not been understood…means nothing. I do not read English, (but) this does not mean that the English language does not exist, and why should I blame anybody…but myself if I cannot understand (it)?”