Cubism Created By Pablo Picasso And Georges Braque

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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. Cubism was created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Picasso who admired the vitality and power in African American sculpture started sharing his ideas and influences with Braque, which caused them to chase an investigation that lead them to the creation of cubism. Cubism was created as a response in contradiction of realism in impressionist paintings. The artists would break the painting down to its most basic geometric shapes, and instead of drawing in all the details of the painting they drew harsh lines. Cubist painters were able to express …show more content…

At this point the cubist artists stared to experiment with foreign objects, and made the background subjects of the work just as important or significant as the subject in the foreground. They started to incorporate the use of more expressive colors, and pictures became more embellishing than they were before. They also began to experiment with textured patterned surfaces like cutouts, wallpaper, newspaper, sheet music, etc. Today the use of various different materials all together in one work is called collage. The use of collage in their art allowed Picasso to extend the style of cubism to sculpture. Before that period in time sculptures were modeled or carved to be precise, this introduction gave artists permission to make a sculpture out of anything they desired. On account of this, cubism was one of the first styles that fit into the whole idea of modern art. Before then everything was painted in the most realistic way possible, because it was believed to be the greatest form of art. Cubism was a revolutionary abstract style of art that fought against the art ideals from the Renaissance era. Cubist artists were tired of seeing the same thing over and over again, and wanted to create a form of art that truly conveyed emotion. This movement paved the way to the creation of other forms of art such as Dada and …show more content…

It marks a point in time, where Picasso that took art by the hand and turned it around by 108 degrees. The art work shows five naked women, without a recognizable background. They are all making different poses, almost as if they were leaning against a wall. Some of the women have very abstracted faces, one of them looks as if she was wearing a mask. It portrays Picassos interest with African sculpture, and how he incorporated it into his passion for art. The way the women are drawn, with their bodies having sharp edges, shows how Picasso was starting to evolve the new style of cubism. It took Picasso months of revision to finally show this work in

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