Cubism and Futurism

Q: What characterized Picasso's Blue Period (1901-1904)?

A: Blue color palette, themes of misery, pain, and poverty, depicting marginalized individuals like beggars and prostitutes, reflecting Picasso's own poverty and homesickness.

Q: What influenced Picasso during his Blue Period?

A: Influenced by Spanish Mannerist painter El Greco.

Q: What characterized Picasso's Rose Period (1904-1907)?

A: Rose (pink) color palette, meditative and thoughtful figures, depicting buskers, clowns, and circus acts, influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, and Seurat.

Q: What subjects did Picasso depict during his Rose Period?

A: Buskers, clowns, harlequins, and circus performers, often friends from Montmartre.

Q: What was the primary focus of Analytic Cubism (1909-1911)?

A: Radical rethinking of space in painting, presenting multiple simultaneous viewpoints, representing time (4th dimension), reducing natural forms to abstract shapes like squares and cubes.

Q: What was the color palette of Analytic Cubism?

A: Subdued colors, mostly browns, greys, and blacks.

Q: What characterized Synthetic Cubism (1912-1914)?

A: Primary subject matter was still life, pioneering use of collage, incorporating real-world materials like newsprint and wallpaper, representing time through multiple viewpoints.

Q: What were the main themes of Futurism (1909-1915)?

A: Technology, speed, youth, violence, and the belief that the world is in constant movement.

Q: What did Futurist Manifestos attack?

A: Museums, academia, and traditional forms of Italian art and culture.

Q: Who were some key artists of Futurism?

A: Balla, Boccioni, Carra, and Severini.

Q: What did Futurists believe about movement in art?

A: They believed art should convey the changes an object undergoes during movement.

Q: How did Futurism differ from Cubism?

A: Futurists believed Cubism was too static, while they focused on dynamic movement.

Q: What did Picasso and Braque borrow from Cezanne?

A: They borrowed techniques to defy traditional artistic conventions.

Q: What was the primary subject matter of Analytic Cubism?

A: Nudes and portraits.

Q: What materials were used in Synthetic Cubism?

A: Collage materials like newsprint, wallpaper, and labels.

Q: What mood is reflected in Picasso's Blue Period?

A: A melancholy mood reflecting Picasso's own poverty and homesickness.