14.2 Abstract Art Vocabulary Simultaneity: The technique of depicting objects from separate vantage points in one work of art. Biomorphic shape: Artistic

14.2 Abstract ArtVocabulary

Simultaneity: The technique of depicting objects from separate vantage points in one work of art.

Biomorphic shape: Artistic stylization suggested by organic forms

Assemblage: A work of art composed of fragments of objects or materials originally intended for other purposes.

Joseph Stella (1880-1946)

Brooklyn Bridge,

1920, oil on canvas, 84 x

76” Italian

immigrant to the United States. He returned to Italy when

the abstract Futurist art movement

began.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1974) This versatile,

classically trained Spanish artist came to Paris in 1900. His early work, referred to as his “Blue Period” and “Rose

Period,” depicted downtrodden people on the fringes of society.

Later, under the influence of Cezanne’s

use of shifting perspective, Picasso and his colleague, Georges Braque

developed the Cubist visual style.

Cubism was a major influence on 20th

Century abstract art.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1974)

Spanish artist who came to Paris in 1900. His early

work, referred to as his “Blue

Period” and “Rose Period,” depicted

downtrodden people on the

fringes of society.

Pablo Picasso, Family of Saltimbanques, 1905, oil on canvas

Pablo Picasso (1881-1974)Portrait of Gertrude

Stein,1906oil on canvas

Picasso began to incorporate the

influence of African mask

sculpture in his own artwork.

Pablo Picasso(1881-1974)

Les Desmoiselles d’Avignon,1907

oil on canvasThis radical

picture marks Picasso’s

invention of the Cubist style--

which revolutionized

traditional European painting.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1974)

Self-portrait, oil on canvas.

Picasso and Georges Braque

developed Cubism, an avant-garde

style which moved art towards

abstract, non-representational

imagery.

Analytical Cubism was a radical step away from traditional representational art.

Using geometric shapes, dark and light shades, and forceful lines, a new type of image was created.

Picasso was most influential in his creation of a new way of depicting the human body, relying mostly on geometry and value to express form and space. Eventually the form dissolved in a maze of geometric shapes, and color was neutralized into a non-issue.

Pablo Picasso, Woman Playing the Mandolin,

oil on canvas, 1909

“The Guitar,” Pablo Picasso

Analytical Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso

Georges BraqueHouses at L’estaque

1908

Analytic CubismDeveloped jointly by Picasso and Braque, these artists analyzed the forms of their subjects from every possible vantage point and to combine the various views into one pictorial whole.

Paul CezanneGardanne1885-1886

Can you see the influence Cezanne had on Braque and Cubism in general?

Georges BraquePaul Cezanne

Georges Braque (1882-1963)

Georges BraqueThe Portuguese 1911

The Guitar, Pablo PicassoThe Portuguese. George Braques

1911

Georges Braque



Pablo PicassoGlass and Bottle of Suze1912

Synthetic Cubism In this new phase, cubism no longer relied on a decipherable relation to the visible world. Paintings and drawings were constructed from objects and shapes cut from paper or other materials to represent parts of a subject.



Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, oil on canvas, 1921

Pablo Picasso (1881-1974) During his long career,

Picasso went back and

forth between

representational and abstract visual

formats, often

playfully combining

the two ideas.

Pablo Picasso, Guernica, oil on canvas,1937

Juan Gris (1887-1927) Spanish painter living in Paris



Juan Gris (1887-1927) “Portrait of Picasso,” Oil on canvas

Juan Gris (1887-1927) “Portrait of Picasso,” Oil on canvas


Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Nude Descending a Staircase, 1912, oil on canvas, 58 x

35”This French artist presents not one

image, but a series of

movements, stopped in

successive stages of action. The

result is similar to stop-action or strobe- light

photography. This Cubist painting

was highly controversial when it was

exhibited in the 1913 NYC Armory

Show.

FuturismDuring the first decades of the twentieth

century, avant-garde artists in Italy initiated Futurism. They were interested in the

mechanized advancement of society and the destruction of all symbols of the past. The

leader of this movement was Umberto Boccioni.

Umberto Bossioni, The Noise of the Street Penetrates the House,

1911, oil on canvas, 40 x 40”

Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space,1913, bronze, 44” high

Futurism ended when Boccioni was killed during World War I.

De StijlThis abstract painting movement was led

by Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. Mondrian began as a realist, but gradually flattened his forms and

reduced them to geometrical, linear patterns of primary colors. He eventually

moved to New York City, and lived on 57th Street.

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) Oil on Canvas




Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) Broadway Boogie-Woogie, Oil on Canvas


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14.2 Abstract Art Vocabulary Simultaneity: The technique of depicting objects from separate vantage points in one work of art. Biomorphic shape: Artistic