3. CUBISM
+ It was the first abstract style of modern art.
+ Cubism is an early 20th century art movement
which brought European painting and
sculpture historically forward toward 20th
century Modern art.
+ Cubism in its various forms inspired related
movements in music, literature and
characteristics.
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4. + The artists of Cubism also known
as “Cubists” challenged the
perspective aspect of art with
the intention of developing a new
way of seeing.
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7. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS
+ In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed,
broken up and reassembled in an abstracted
form-instead of depicting objects from a
single viewpoint, the artists depicts the
subject from a multitude of viewpoints to
represent the subject in a greater context.
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8. DEVELOPMENT OF CUBISM
The works of Paul Cezanne inspired
Picasso and Braque in the early 20th
century. Particularly, they examined
the fragmented space of Cezanne’s
paintings.
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13. SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF CUBISM INCLUDE
+ Facetted forms
+ Very limited palette
+ Multiple views of the subject
+ The cubist style emphasized the flat, two-
dimensional surface of the picture plane,
rejecting the traditional techniques of
perspective.
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15. ANALYTICAL CUBISM (1908-1911)
+ It analyzed the form of objects by shattering them
into fragments spread out on the canvas.
+ This creates the illusion of movement.
+ The artist achieves this kaleidoscope like effect.
+ The colors in analytical cubism are usually neutral and
muted. Changes in value, or shading, within the many
angles help create interest and a sense of density.
+ Subject matter is often ambiguous, or hard to
determine.
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19. SYNTHETIC CUBISM (1912)
+ Colour was re-introduced with two technical
innovations called papier Colle & Collage.
+ Papier colle involves sticking colored paper.
+ Collage was subsequently by Picasso and
involved including all kinds of material such as
newspaper or fabric in the painting.
+ Both techniques bridged the gap between art
and life.
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30. SCULPTURES
+ Cubist sculpture developed in parallel
with Cubist painting, beginning in
Paris around 1909 with its photo
Cubist phase, and evolving through
the early 1920s.
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32. End of cubism
+ It came to an end when WORLD WAR 1
erupted in Europe.
+ Cubism gave the world a new view on
realism with its distortion and overlapping.
+ Cubism can be seen as the starting point
for, or an essential element in several other
modern art movements, including ….
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34. “Cubism is like standing at a certain point
on a mountain and looking around. If you go
higher, things will look different; if you go
lower, again they will look different. It is a
point of view.”
-Jacques Lipchitz
Cubist sculpture
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