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Facts About Cubism Art

Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Primitivism

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    Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso (1907)One of the most important roots of cubism is primitivism, which emphasized tribal representations like the flattened faces of African masks. This can be seen in Pablo Picasso's proto-Cubist "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907).

Analysis

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    Analytical cubism was cubism's first movement (1908-12). During this time, Picasso and Braque pulled an object apart by depicting it from all possible angles on just one plane.

Color

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    Color was de-emphasized by the analytical cubists, who used dark and monochromatic schemes. This was a major shift for Braque, who had been a fauvist (a movement that exaggerated color).

Form

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    Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnwelier, Pablo Picasso, 1910Influenced by Paul Cezanne, the analytical cubists reduced forms to their geometric components, such as spheres as cones.

Synthetic Cubism

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    As opposed to analytic cubism, which deconstructed one object, synthetic cubism brought multiple objects into the same perspective simultaneously.

Technique

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    Synthetic cubism marked the first time techniques like collage, decoupage and stuck paper were seen as art (as opposed to craft).

Artists

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    The Sunblind, Juan Gris, 1914While Picasso and Braque continued to work in cubism during its synthetic period, the Spaniard Juan Gris joined them and became an important contributor.

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