CUBISMTHE FIRST FORM OF ABSTRACT

ART(PICASSO AND BRAQUE WITH INFLUENCES FROM

CEZANNE)

“Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone, and the cylinder.”-Cezanne

BRIEF HISTORY OF CUBISMCubism began between the years 1906 and 1914 with the later style of Paul Cezanne, when he reduced his impressions of nature to simple geometric shapes, as its starting point.

Cubism began between 1907 and 1908 by two artists, Pablo Picasso and George Braque. Georges Braque Harbour 1908-

1909 oil on canvas 92 x 73cm

Cubism began as an idea and then it became a style.

The basic principle of Cubism was a revolt against the traditional idea that representation ought to conform to what the eyes sees at one particular moment.

Cubism is based on geometric shapes and distinct use of space.

Distortion and deformation of known figures and forms in the natural world.

QUICK FACTSFirst abstract art style

Radical change of renaissance norms of painting Depicted subjects from multiple viewpoints or angles then reassembling it in abstract form.

Two major phases: analytical and synthetic

Picasso and Braque were the founding Fathers of Cubism

. AFRICAN INFLUENCE•Formal simplification and expressive power

• Based from African and Iberian sculptures

•Used earth tones similar to the African masks

• Large inspiration for Picasso

Cezanne influence •Taught to break away from technique and concentrate on color and power of single brush stroke

• Disengages with detail and simplified a painting

TWO VASES OF FLOWERS

IMPORTANT FIGURES/ARTISTSPablo Picasso (1881-1973)

He was a Spanish painter and sculptorPicasso was born in 1881 on October 25 Picasso had been around art all his life, for his father and mother both had art careers.

Picasso was a draftsman at age 15 when he was accepted into the Royal Academy of Art in Barcelona.

‘ Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’ was Picasso’s 1 st Cubist-like work

GOERGE BRAQUE (1882-1963)He was born in 1882 in France Braque, like Picasso, gained his initial art influence through his father.

In 1900 Braque moved to Paris to study the famous works of the Fauve artists. Included in these fauve artists was Cezanne, whose work later inspired Cubism

Influenced by Latisse and the Fauves, then Cezanne and Picasso Worked closely with Picasso Co-creator of Cubism

Braque died in 1963

Artists to also Note Ferdinand Leger Robert Delaunay Raymond Duchamp-VillonMarcel Duchamp Jacques Villon Jacques Lipchitz

ANALYTICAL CUBISM 1907-1911

Flatter, more consistent and more ambiguous

Color Scheme; monochromatic (tan, brown, gray, cream, green, and blue)

Emphasis on pictorial structure, not color

. Portrait of Ambrose Vollard

Picasso 1909

•Girl with Mandolin

Picasso 1910

Mandora Braque 1909

•The Portuguese Braque 1911

. Bread and Fruit Dish

Picasso 1909

•Three Women Picasso 1913

. SYNTHETIC CUBISM 1912-1919

More colorful than analytical and incorporated various extraneous materials Collages and papier colles Included a number of daily household objects Instead of breaking down an object into fragments and then reassembling them, the image was being built up from new elements and shapes

. Fruit Dish and Glass

Braque 1912

The Guitar Picasso 1913

. Still Life with Chair Caning, Picasso, 1912

•Three Musicians, Picasso, 1921

MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF CUBISM

In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form-instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints.

the rejection of the single viewpoint in favour of showing the fragmented subject from several different points of view, combined with the simplification of forms.

Conceptual, instead of perceptual, reality.

Cubism is characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.

In Cubism, there’s a difficulty in recognizing complicated forms thus limits the Cubist to familiar objects such as guitar, bottles and occasionally the human figure.

Based onPaul Cézanne's three main ingredients - geometricity, simultaneity (multiple views) and passage 

PASSAGE - The area that connects two different planes (top and side) to one another

SIMULTANEITY-  The simultaneous views of the glass (top and side) 

GEOMETRICITY- The emphasis on clear outlines and geometric forms is geometricity

Still Life with Compote and Glass, 1914-15Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

PREPARED BY GROUP IV

MEMBERS:

BERNADETH B. NAVARRETEETHEL CABIGASKRISTINE JOY MANGUBATANDREA OMPAD