still life with chair caning

artist

picasso

year

1912

use for

still life, (synthetic) cubism, materials and process, s,h&c influence

depicts

a Parisian cafe table top

cubism

• dull muted colours, makes it harder to make out forms, it also made it unfavourable to salons, making it only presented in galleries

• geometric shapes - favourable through all styles of cubism

• harsh outlines - harsh look

• shadows - oil paint is spread across the canvas to create shadows and highlights

• multipul perspectives - we see the wine glass from the base and the front, creating a distorted image,

• rattan seat visible throughout he table top, uses pasted oil clothe, new invention of mechanically printing, introducing collage into art to ‘create realism’, synthetic cubism

materiels and process

synthetic cubism introduced collage into art, as they wanted to create a sense of realism

• oval canvas used to represent a round glass table at a different angle, links to cubisms multiple perspectives

• rope used round the edge to mimic the real life Parisian tables, and add ‘realism’ - synthetic cubism introduced collage into art, as they wanted to create a sense of realism

• rattan seat is visible through the table depiction, by pasting oil cloth. it was made through the new invention of mechanical printing, and found objects was revolutionary at the time

• oil paint used in intense patches to creat the mutes tones, geometric forms and harsh outlines

• oil paint was also spread in areas to act as shadows and highlights, a key feature of cubism

s,h&c influences

• the depiction of a Parisian coffee table, shown through the wine glass, newspaper and slice of lemon - inspired by the cafe culture at the time

• rattan seat is visible through the table depiction, by pasting oil cloth. it was made through the new invention of mechanical printing, and found objects was revolutionary at the time

• rope and oil cloth used to bring in collage to art, to create realm, inspired by Braque

• the multiple perspectives, shown thought he wine glass as well as an oval canvas used to represent a circular one, inspired by the idea of time not being fixed and in a constant flux

• cubism challenged academic work, by making forms not visible and colours muted and outlined, which was not accepted in the saloon but at kahfnweilers gallery