Cubism was an influential early 20th century art style invented by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They developed Cubist techniques like depicting objects from multiple angles and using geometric shapes, breaking subjects down into facets. This new perspective revolutionized painting and influenced later abstract styles. Cubism encouraged artists to represent subjects in non-traditional ways rather than realistically.

1. Cubism The little art style that….. Invented a whole new way of seeing the world Defined art of the 20 th century Influenced every major artist now and in the future

2. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…

3. An artist’s primary job was to paint pictures of people, Leonardo Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa, 1479

4. places and stories so that everybody could know what they looked like. Jacques Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784

5. Then one day, in the middle of the 1800s, someone invented a camera which could do the artists’ job perfectly.

6. The artists were free to paint Jackson Pollock, Number 1 , 1949

7. And sculpt however they wanted . Umberto Boccioni, Continuation of a Figure in Space , 1912

8. So they ended up inventing abstract art , images and ideas that don’t represent the way things are in real life.

9. Georges Braque, Glass On a Table, 1909

10. Pablo Picasso one of the most famous artists in the world, and some of his friends

11. Were the first artists to make paintings that you really couldn’t tell what they really are . Fernand Leger, The City , 1919

12. Cubism Pablo Picasso, Le pigeon aux petits-pois , 1912

13. Picasso , much like other artists learning to be abstract, started out by painting realistically .

14. Pablo Picasso, Self Portrait with Uncombed Hair, 1896 As a young boy he was an amazing artist. This was painted at just 12 years old.

15. Later on, Picasso started to change, or abstract his colors to fit his mood and his life.

16. Like blue when he was sad…. during his “ Blue Period ” Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, 1902.

17. and pink , bright colors when he was happy….. during his “ Rose Period ” Pablo Picasso, Family of Saltimbanques , 1905

18. Picasso found inspiration in many places and wanted to take his painting beyond something you could see in real life or through a camera.

19. First, he like the African art style which had lots of angles in its masks and sculptures.

20. Picasso liked that a sculpture was 3-dimensional and a person could see all sides. Paintings were limited because you could only see one side of an object.

21. Georges Braque , was another artists in Paris, who was excited about Picasso’s Cubist ideas.

22. Cubism is a result of trying to combine the sculpture ideas and African art ideas into a painting.

23. They created Cubism by turning all objects into geometric shapes ,

24. Georges Braque, Houses at L'Estaque 1908 Mountains are pyramids House a cube with a triangle on top. Objects look like they were build out of geometric blocks.

25. Still Life with Flowers, Juan Gris, 1912 Flower Petals are slices of circles Lots of triangles at base

26. Pablo Picasso, Wine Glass, 1913. Triangle at top of wine glass Rectangles and circles around neck Curly-que at base

27. Looking at objects from multiple angles.

28. Front and side of heads Top and bottom of table Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians. 1917

29. Front of Guitar Sides of Guitar Table Tops Juan Gris , The Guitar , 1918

30. The artists worked so closely together, some of their pictures ended up to look almost the same.

31. Georges Braque, Man with a Guitar, 1911

32. Pablo Picasso, The Aficionado, 1912

33. Cubism was an inspiration for other abstract artists and art movements , afterward.

34. You can see lots of geometric shapes in this abstract art from 1943. Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1943

35. Now that you have learned about Cubism , let’s try it out. We are going to draw Cubist faces. Like Picasso , we are going to draw real faces first. Next, we will draw faces using Cubist techniques like multiple angles and geometric shapes .

37. Cubist faces are going to apply traditional face drawing proportions and elements. Leonardo Da Vinci, Face Drawing.

38. Start with an oval for a head, add guidelines for your facial features. Center line Hair Line Eyes Mouth

39. Eyes are almond shapes, pointy a corners. They should cross the guideline . Eyes are one eye width apart.

40. Nose and ears are in between the eye guidelines and mouth guidelines . Nose should cross the center guideline .

41. Mouth is between the chin and mouth guideline . It should cross the center guideline . Your mouth always has two lips on the outside of mouth opening.

42. Add a neck and hair. Your hair should cover the top of your head and come down to the hair line guideline .

43. These faces are also going to apply Cubist elements of geometric shapes , multiple perspective and abstraction . Juan Gris, Portrait of Picasso, 1912

44. Start with a face oval, in the middle of the face, draw a profile. So now you can see the face from the front and the side .

45. Add your facial features, Eyes Nose Mouth

46. and scramble it up. but you can make them into geometric shapes

47. You can finish your faces with additional shapes, hair, ears and a neck. No floating heads!

48. When you color

49. Take a tip from Picasso and make sure your colors are reflecting your persons’ feelings .

50. Happy Sad

51. Using geometric shapes all over. Being able to see things from different angles and sides.

52. Cubism Faces should have the layout of a real face and use Cubism techniques. Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Dora Maar, 1917

53. So, what do we know? Cubism is the first Abstract art style. Picasso could paint really well and used colors to show his feelings Cubism uses geometric shapes and multiple angles

54. Now I can…. Draw a realistic face AND draw an awesome Cubist Face that uses color to show my persons’ feelings.

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