MMA132: 5 Cubism and Picasso

Yo El Rey

I the King

First abstract art style

Cubism

It used simple shapes

Cubism

It ignored color in beginning

Cubism

Lacks elements of light, atmosphere, and space

Cubism

It gave depth and richness to painting

Cubism

It has overlapping fragments

Cubism

Reality of objects in space, reality of flat painted surface

Cubism

Disregard physical laws of nature.

Cubism

Spatial relationships without traditional perspective

Cubism

Light and shade not used to convey depth

Cubism

Figures broken down into jagged planes of color

Cubism

The figures broken down into more than one location in space.

Cubism

In the four decades from 1870-1910, western society witnessed more technological progress than in the previous four centuries. During this period, inventions such as _____ heralded the dawn of a new age.

cinematography
airplane
motor car
photography
sound recording
telephone

Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

was an attempt by artists to revitalize the tired traditions of Western art which they believed had run their course.

Cubism

The Cubists challenged conventional forms of representation, such as *___*, which had been the rule since the Renaissance. Their aim was to _____ which reflected the modern age.

* perspective
* develop a new way of seeing

Artists needed __a more radical approach - a 'new way of seeing'__ that expanded the possibilities of art in the same way that technology was extending the boundaries of communication and travel. This new way of seeing was called-

Cubism

It is the first abstract style of modern art.

Cubism

Cubism Influence

* **Post Impressionism** - Paul Gauguin - greatly influenced Pablo Picasso
* **Impressionists** - Paul Cezanne - greatly influenced George Braque
* **African Influence** - greatly influenced Picasso’s early works
* **Direct reaction to Fauvism** (Henry Matisse)

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African Mask

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**Three Women** by Pablo Picasso

Gauguin Influence

* **Mandolina with Flowers** by Gauguin
* **Composition with Skull** by Pablo Picasso

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**Mandolina with Flowers** by Gauguin

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**Composition with Skull** by Pablo Picasso

Cezanne Influence

* **Monte Sainte-Victoire** by Paul Cézanne
* **Fishing Boats** by Georges Braque

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Pablo Picasso

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Georges Braque

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Paul Cézanne

He was not primarily interested in creating an illusion of depth in his painting and he abandoned the tradition of perspective drawing.

Paul Cézanne

He liked to flatten the space in his paintings to place more emphasis on their surface - to stress the difference between a painting and reality. He saw painting in more abstract terms as the construction and arrangement of color on a two-dimensional surface.

Paul Cézanne

He felt that the illusionism of perspective denied the fact that a painting is a flat two-dimensional object.

Paul Cézanne

First Cubism phase

Analytic Cubism

A cubism phase that uses monochromatic colors (tans, browns, grays, creams, greens, blues)

Analytic Cubism

A cubism phase that uses that is based on reducing natural forms to basic geometrical parts.

Analytic Cubism

A cubism phase that focused more on intellect than emotion

Analytic Cubism

A cubism phase that grew out of analytical

Synthetic Cubism

A cubism phase that use a wider use of color

Synthetic Cubism

A cubism phase that uses a wider use of materials

Synthetic Cubism

Papier Colle introduced – Type of collage

Synthetic Cubism

A cubism phase that is appealing and easier to interpret

Synthetic Cubism

A cubism phase that is less intricate

Synthetic Cubism

A cubism phase that has added substances like sand to paint to make it appear thicker

Synthetic Cubism

Analytic vs. Synthetic

Analytic

* Based on intellect
* Monochromatic color palette
* Reduce object to basic geometric shapes
* Linear construction

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Synthetic

* Less intricate
* More color
* More appealing
* Collage
* Objects less recognizable
* Less shading
* Added substance to paint

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Malaga, Spain 1881

Born in Malaga, Spain, in October of 1881, he was the first child born in the family. His father worked as an artist, and was also a professor at the school of fine arts; he also worked as a curator for the museum in Malaga.

Pablo Picasso

He studied under his father for one year, then went to the Academy of Arts for one year, prior to moving to Paris.

Pablo Picasso

According to his mother, his first words were _____, the Spanish word for "pencil"

"piz, piz", a shortening of lápiz

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**Study for a Torso** by Pablo Picasso (11 years old)

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**Bullfight** by Pablo Picasso

He painted a favorite subject in 1900, in the loose, impressionist Bullfight, above, a return of sorts to his first oil painting, _____

Picador

In 1901, Pablo Picasso went to _____, which he found as the ideal place to practice new styles, and experiment with a variety of art forms. It was during these initial visits, which he began his work in surrealism and cubism style, which he was the founder of, and created many distinct pieces which were influenced by these art forms

Paris

Picasso met his first Parisian friend, a journalist and poet who helped Picasso learn the language and its literature.

Max Jacob

At the end of September 1900 **both friends went on a trip to Paris** during which he fell in love with the model Laure Gargallo (her maiden name), better known as __Germaine__

Carlos Casagemas

It is said that **Carlos Casagemas's death generated the blue period of the artist** and in fact Casagemas is the main protagonist of _____, the major work of this period.

La Vie

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**La Vie** by Carlos Casagemas

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**The Old Guitarist** by Carlos Casagemas

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**Femme aux Bras Croisés** by Carlos Casagemas

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**Le** **bock (Portrait de Jaime Sabartes)** by Carlos Casagemas

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**Femme assise (Melancholy Woman)** by Carlos Casagemas

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**Casagemas in his coffin** by Carlos Casagemas

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**La Soupe** by Carlos Casagemas

is the nickname of a building in the Montmartre district of the 18th arrondissement of Paris that is famous in art history as the residence and meeting place for a group of outstanding early 20th-century artists, men of letters, theater people, and art dealers.

Bateau Lavoir

It began in 1904 at a time when Picasso settled in Montmartre at the Bateau-Lavoir among bohemian poets and writers. **Harlequins appeared repeatedly in this phase**.

Rose Period

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**Boy Leading a** **Horse** by Pablo Picasso

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**Garçon à la pipe, (Boy with a Pipe)** by Pablo Picasso

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**Family of Saltimbanques** by Pablo Picasso

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**L'acteur** by Pablo Picasso

He challenged conventional, realistic forms of art through the establishment of Cubism.

Pablo Picasso

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**Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The women of Avignon)** by Pablo Picasso

Picasso produced an unprecedented quantity of preparatory drawings and paintings for

Demoiselles

It alludes to the prostitutes of Barcelona’s red-light district and foregrounds the psychosexual dimension and erotic content that conjoin

**Les Demoiselles d’Avignon** by Pablo Picasso

How to see an object or figure rather than what the artist was looking at.

Cubism

Pablo Picasso’s Most Expensive Paintings

Au Lapin Agile

La Lecture

Yo, Picasso

Le Reve

Femme Assise Dans Un Jardin

Les Noces de Pierrette

Femme Aux Bras Croises

Buste de femme (Femme à la résille)

La Gommeuse

Dora Maar Au Chat

Garcon A La Pipe

Nude, Green Leaves And Bust

Le Reve

Le Femmes d’Alger Version O

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**Au Lapin Agile** by Pablo Picasso

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**La Lecture** by Pablo Picasso

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**Yo, Picasso** by Pablo Picasso

sold for an unexpectedly high $48.4 million, at the time the fourth most expensive painting sold (tenth when taking inflation into account). The buyer who purchased Le Rêve at Christie's in 1997 appears to have been the Austrianborn investment fund manager Wolfgang Flöttl

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In 2001, under financial pressure, he sold Le Rêve to casino magnate Steve Wynn for an undisclosed sum, estimated to be about $60 million.

**Le Reve** by Pablo Picasso

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**Le Reve** by Pablo Picasso

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Marie-Thérèse Walter

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**Femme Assise Dans Un Jardin** by Pablo Picasso

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**Les Noces de Pierrette** by Pablo Picasso

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**Femme Aux Bras Croises** by Pablo Picasso

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**Buste de femme (Femme à la résille)** by Pablo Picasso

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**La Gommeuse** by Pablo Picasso

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**Dora Maar Au Chat** by Pablo Picasso

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**Garcon A La Pipe** by Pablo Picasso

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**Nude, Green Leaves And Bust** by Pablo Picasso

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**Le Reve** by Pablo Picasso

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Le Femmes d’Alger Version O by Pablo Picasso

he dug deeper into his Spanish past and became fascinated by the crude severity of ancient Spanish sculpture

Pablo Picasso

He answer in the early 1900’s unprecedented technological revolution. He wanted it to communicate everything we know and feel about an object, not just show us how it looks from one vantage point at one moment in time

Pablo Picasso