Topic 6 - Still Life with Chair Caning, Picasso, 1912

when was it made?

1912

who made it?

Picasso

there is a …. around the canvas mimicking a…

rope / grand gilded frame

where is the light source?

unseen raking from the top right

considered the first…

synthetic cubist collage (though Braque first experiments with collage)

the work suggests a…

café table in perspective

what is used to make the chair canning?

industrially-printed oil cloth pattern used

the materials used are…

low-grade and non-art materials used to make ‘high art’

Antliff and Leighton describe the printed cloth as “a cheap and….

common material fully reflective of the conventions of illusionism or trompe l’oeil”

objects are only partially clear, they are…

opened up and flattened to create unfamiliar profiles

objects are recognised largely by…

association

the work offers an ….. experience rather than the full illusion of objects

interactive

oil cloth pattern was commonly used as a cheap form of table-covering in….

working class kitchens and restaurants

what letter can be seen and what do they represent?

JOU - fragmented noun JOURNAL and as a verb (jouer) indicating Picasso’s form of ‘play’

synthetic cubism is known for its use of…

typography and synecdoche

cubism is usually focused on…

modern urban life, and café culture

what objects are identifiable in the work?

pipe, glass, newspaper and a bottle

depicting modest, mass-produced items challenged the…

conventions of high art

the still life genre itslef is seen as … in the traditional hierarchy of genres

lowest (exploring boundaries between low and high art)