Modernism 2: Cubism and Futurism

Matisse

___’s spot as the star of Modernism following The Joy of Life sat poorly with Picasso

Picasso and Braque

The two founders of Cubism

common idea

Of Braque and Picasso: “in spite of different temperaments, we were guided by a ______”

impulsive, egotistical

Picasso tended to be ____ and prolific, magnetic and ____. Had expressionistic impulses

methodical, lyrical

Braque’s process was slower and more ____. He had a ____, more considered approach to art that balanced out Picasso’s impulsiveness

expressionist

Prior to pioneering Cubism, Picasso was a diehard ___ working in a Fauvist tradition

romantic

Picasso had an emotional side and the ____ tendencies of expressionism

Cezanne, analytical

Braque had a ____-esque background and a more ____ approach compared to Picasso

masks, arts

The particular facets of African art that interested Cubists were ___ and __

tiny canvases

The same person who named Fauvism coined Cubism in reference to the _____ in their works

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Picasso’s breakthrough piece and his response to Matisse’s Joy of Life

overcredited

Picasso’s response to Matisse was motivated by his feeling that Matisse had been ___ for being avant garde

armchair, wake up

While Matisse wanted his work to be a nice ____, Picasso wanted the viewer to ____ and pay attention

brothel

Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is based off a red light district in Barcelona, presumably in a _____

ambiguity, Cezanne

In Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the space is flattened, and there’s an ______ in what is the front and what is the depth - a move taken by ____ in how he collapsed the foreground, middle ground, and background into a single space

major step

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is not itself Cubism, but it’s the first ____ in that direction

art as a window, projected

Cubism challenged the old school idea of _______ (4 words), rejecting depth/perspective and making it so the work ____ onto the viewer’s space instead

pushed, projecting

In Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the women are being ____ through the back of the canvas and ____ out into your space in a similar manner to glass jutting out and digging into your eyes

hated

Matisse ____ Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Houses

Braque’s breakthrough work, greatly inspired by his idol, Cezanne

advancing, bit by bit

In Houses, Braque wanted to make it look as if he were “____ the picture towards [himself] _____” (3 words)

simplified, geometric

In Houses, Braque collapsed the house details into _____, _____ volume to give the impression that it’s moving slowly toward the viewer

projecting, space

While working independently, Braque and Picasso arrived at a similar idea: the work ____ off the canvas into the viewer’s _____

Violin and Palette and Ma Jolie

Two examples of real, Analytic Cubism

Analytic Cubism

One of two types of Cubism. Monochromatic, allowing for an extreme flattening of visual space. Works advancing toward you bit by bit

Synthetic Cubism

The form of Cubism other than Analytic. Collage-like

handicap, all vantage points

Cubism aimed to overcome the ____ of natural vision, depicting three-dimensional objects from _______ (3 words) at once despite our own eyes only being able to see it from one

center, triangular composition

When looking at Cubist paintings, it is best to look at the ____, because they often have a ______ (2 words). The central area is where the work is often clearest, particularly in Braque’s works

blur, back and forth

As you look toward the edge of the canvas in Cubist paintings, things ____ away and get more abstract / broken apart, mimicking depth behind a figure. A ______ (3 words) of vision

movement

Many Cubist works are trying to express ____

The Portuguese

A Braque piece of a sailor with a guitar approaching the viewer on a dock. Meant to mimic the focus of vision on him, then on what’s behind him

individual moments of perception

In some respects, Cubism is going after the same thing that Monet was: capturing ________ (4 words; _ of _) and tying them all together

every single

Cubism is keen on rendering _____ instance of perception in the world

be part of

Cubist works, similarly to Cezanne’s pieces, wants the viewer to _______ the work / creative process, not forcing them to see it in a certain way and allowing for interpretation

control, fun

In Cubism, the artist surrenders some ____ to allow the viewer to be more of a participant in what is meant to be a __ invitation

Milan, Italy

Birthplace of Futurism

Italian

Futurism is 100% ____

1909

Publication date of Futurist manifestos - considered the birth of Futurism

Fillipo Marinetti

Published the Futurist manifestos

old, dull, feminine

Marinetti’s manifestos declared that Futurists are in favor of the rejection of anything ________ (_, _, or ) - another example of 20th century abstract art’s chauvinistic, masculine bent

femininity and women

In Futurism, _____ are considered part of the traditional/old/weak

fast

Marinetti wants things to be as ____ as possible

Analytic Cubism, time-lapse

Futurism was heavily influenced by ______ and ______ photography, as well as speed

simultaneity

Futurist concept of showing an object in motion. Instead of slow movements like in Cubism, it’s much faster and more violent

Charge of the Lancers

Futurist piece by Boccioni, example of simultaneity

loved, cleanse

Like many other early 20th century modern artists, Marinetti ___ the idea of WWI, believing it would ____ the world of old, traditional garbage and leave them with a new, greater progressive world

Boccioni

Futurist artist and painter of Charge of the Lancers. Passionate about enlisting in WWI but was killed during his time

Italian, Cubist

Boccioni’s piece is a distinctly ____ take on ____ ideas with the Futurists

Cubist aesthetic, speed and motion

Futurists saw the ______ as a way of celebrating ______ (_ and _)