Thursday, 13 March 2014

Cubism

The Cubism art movement began between 1907 and 1911, pioneered by artists such as Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, and joined by a number of other artists who together revolutionised European painting and sculpture, and also inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. Cubist artworks take objects that are analysed, broken up and then reassembled in an abstracted form. What makes cubist pieces interesting from the norm is the change to viewpoint. A number of viewpoints are used to showcase the subject in greater context (source: Wikipedia).

Some examples include

 
L'Homme au Balcon, Man on a Balcony (Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud) by Albert Gleizes, 1912, oil on canvas, 195.6 x 114.9 cm (77 x 45 1/4 in.), Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

 
La Femme au Cheval, Woman with a horse, by Jean Metzinger, 1911-1912, Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark. 
 
 
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso, 1907, considered to be a major step towards the founding of the Cubist movement

 
Figure dans un Fauteuil (Seated Nude, Femme nue assise) by Pablo Picasso, 1909-10.

 
Quarry Bibémus by Paul Cézanne, 1898-1900, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.


Simultaneous Windows on the City by Robert Delaunay, 1912. This is an example of Abstract Cubism.

A good resource providing tips on how to prepare your own cubism photo montage can be found at Incredible Art.

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