1. Cubism

2. Cubism was invented by two artists named Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Cubism is a response to the earlier trend of emphasis on creating rhythm with basic geometric shapes such as a cylinder, sphere, cube and the cone. The idea was to create two dimensional flat surfaces out of three dimensional subjects; the focus being on line and shape rather than color and value .

3. This is significant because until this point, the premise of most art movements was to master the opposite. We focused on creating form and making these forms “jump” from the canvas using color and value. We were concerned with making things appear as lifelike as possible. So, theoretically, Cubism is responsible for paving the way for abstract art and it’s offspring, our friend, Abstract Expressionism.

4. The difference between the two as movements, is that Cubism was almost always representational where abstract expressionism was not ever representational.
Cubism
Abstract Expressionism
Georges Braque
Woman with Guitar 1913
Wassily Kandinsky
Improvisation

5. Cubism did eventually become concerned with color and value much later
Cubism did eventually become concerned with color and value much later. This was a different type of cubism.
There are two types of Cubism:
Analytic
and Synthetic.

6. Analytic Cubism is easy to remember because they were interested in “analyzing” the subject simply through line and shape. They were not concerned with color or value. The palette was usually monochromatic and subdued.

7. Synthetic Cubism can be remembered by thinking of synthetics… fabricated materials (like clothing) which are not natural. This is the Cubist era where they started to play with color, however the color was not true to its subject. It was synthetic….or fake. Often this was created using paper cuttings and fabric which were glued to the surface rather than paint. This is when collage was admitted into the realm of fine art.

8. Georges Braque May 13, 1882 – August 31, 1963 France
Georges Braque was a 20th century french painter and sculptor, and the cofounder of Cubism. The bulk of his carreer was dedicated to Cubism and its evolution. He was injured in the war and later moved into a softer style than traditional Cubism however, still reminiscent of the movement.

9. Georges Braque
Woman With Guitar 1913

10. Georges Braque
Violin and Candlestick
1910

11. Georges Braque
Road near L Estaque
1908

12. Georges Braque
Still Life Pitchers
1932

13. Pablo Picasso October 25 1881 – April 8 1973
Real name : Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso
Pablo Picasso’s work can be broken up into four periods ; The Rose Period, The Blue Period, Analytic Cubism and Sythetic cubism.
Before cubism, he had tried his hand at almost every style of art and had mastered them all. He was a rare “jack of all trades” and master of them all as well.

14. Pablo Picasso
The Guitar Player
1910

15. Pablo Picasso
Girl with a Mandolin
1910

16. Pablo Picasso
Ambroise Vallard
1910

17. Pablo Picasso
Guernica
1937
11’6” X 25’8”
Picasso’s most famous painting, is his largest painting, Guernica. Guernica is Picasso’s response to the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. It resides in Madrid and is roughly 11 Feet by 25 feet.

18. Pablo Picasso
Weeping Woman
1837

19. Pablo PIcasso
Dora Maar Au Chat
1941