Cubism

The world never looked the The world never looked the same again …same again …

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Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art, developed by Pablo

Picasso and George Braque

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Two Two CubistsCubists

Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso 1881- 19731881- 1973

“We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realise the truth ..”

Georges Braque Georges Braque 1882- 19631882- 1963

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“When we created Cubism, we had no intention of creating Cubism, but of expressing what was inside us.”

“When we created Cubism, we had no intention of creating Cubism, but of expressing what was inside us.”

Cubism

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“Braque scorns form, reduces everything – figures and objects –

to geometric diagrams, to cubes!”

Louis Vauxcelles, art critic, 1908

Violin and Pitcher, Braque, 1910

Phases of cubismPhases of cubism

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Early Cubism: depiction of the whole structure of the object and its position in space, combining different viewpoints.

Analytical Cubism: breaking down of the subject and the space around it into angular planes or facets that record different viewpoints and information; no interest in colour or texture

Synthetic Cubism: collages of interlocked fragments of newspaper, wallpaper, and labels with fragments of painting, drawing and writing; colour reintroduced & texture & pattern

Cubist Relief workCubist Relief work

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Cubist sculpture developed in parallel Cubist sculpture developed in parallel with Cubist painting, beginning with Cubist painting, beginning

in Paris around 1909, this year enter in the in Paris around 1909, this year enter in the second phases of Cubism, and evolving second phases of Cubism, and evolving

through the early 1920sthrough the early 1920s

Cubist Relief workCubist Relief work

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Pupil work in cardboard

Cubist Relief workCubist Relief work

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