Your browser does not support the audio element.The schematic rendering of figures, appearances and space of an appropriate sort, carried to the required degree, allows seemingly endless variations, for which no systematic classification has yet been devised. Listen to a recorded reading of this page:.Take a ten question quiz about this page. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque worked closely together in developing this new art form.Popular subjects for Cubism included musical instruments, people, bottles, glasses, and playing cards.Picasso also worked on Cubist sculpture including his sculpture Head of a Woman.In this way Cubism eventually helped to spawn the Abstract Art movement. Picasso and Braque did not think Cubism should be abstract, but other artists, such as Robert Delaunay, created more abstract work.The artwork of Paul Cezanne is said to have been one of the main inspirations for Cubism.Some say that he produced enough innovative and unique art for five or six different famous artists. Pablo Picasso - The primary founder of Cubism, together with Braque, Picasso explored a number of different styles of art throughout his career.
Some of his famous paintings include The Rider: Woman with a Horse and Woman with a Fan. He wrote the first major essay on Cubism. He explored Cubism from a scientific standpoint as well as an artistic one. Jean Metzinger - Metzinger was a artist and writer.His art began to focus on popular subjects and was an inspiration to the creation of Pop Art. Fernand Leger - Leger had his own unique style within Cubism.He also was a leader in the development of Synthetic Cubism. Juan Gris - Gris was a Spanish artist who became involved in Cubism early on.Orphism focused on bright colors and the relationship between painting and music. Robert Delaunay - Delaunay was a French artist who created his own style of Cubism called Orphism.He continued to explore Cubism for much of his art career. Georges Braque - Braque is one of the founding fathers of Cubism along with Picasso.The lines between the different blocks are well defined, but Picasso's facial features can still be recognized. Like many early Cubism paintings, this painting uses cool blues and light browns for colors. In this example of Analytical Cubism, Juan Gris pays tribute to the inventor of Cubism Pablo Picasso. You can see this picture here.Ĭubism was also used to paint portraits. This could represent the harmony of the music as the musicians play together.
In the painting it is difficult to tell where one musician ends and the next begins. Although it looks like the picture is made out of cut up pieces of colored paper, it is actually a painting. This painting by Pablo Picasso was one of his later works in Cubism and is an example of Synthetic Cubism. Braque said that this style allowed the viewer to "get closer to the object." You can see this picture here. Many different angles and blocks of the objects are presented to the viewer. In the painting you can see the broken up pieces of the violin and the candlestick. This is an early example of Analytical Cubism. This stage also introduced brighter colors and a lighter mood to the art. Artists would use colored paper, newspapers, and other materials to represent the different blocks of the subject.
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