Cubism

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Cubism

• 20th Century Art

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Definition...

• Between 1908 and 1914, an art revolution took
  place in France, led by Pablo Picasso and George
  Braque.
• The Cubists created works in which objects and
  people were broken up and rearranged like
  geometric forms.

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Pablo Picasso1881-1973
I paint forms as I think them, not as I see
them.

• Born in Spain
• Trained as artist from early age
• Moved to Paris
• Inspired by interest in African art and masks.
• Starting point in cubism- Les Demoiselles
  dAvignon (1907) ---gt

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Picasso with his sculpted bread hands

• Creation is the only thing that interests me.
  -Picasso

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Picasso Paintings...
Violin (1913)
The Factory at the Village of Horta (1909)
Harlequin (1915)
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Picasso Paintings
Violin (1913)
Still Life with Guitar (1924)
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Guernica (mural done in 1937)
Commemorates the bombing of the open town
Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Allegorical of the plight of his native country,
where brute force seemed triumphant. Violent
linear distortions communicate the horror of the
event.
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Georges Braque1882-1963
Picasso and I were like mountaineers roped
together.

• His work is sometimes indistinguishable from
  Picassos
• Learned to paint in his familys decorating firm
• Frequent use of musical instruments in paintings
• Began to stencil words into canvas
• Along with Picasso, invented collage.

Still Life with Violin and Pitcher (1910)
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Braque Paintings...
Viaduct and Houses at Lestaque (1908)
The Clarinet (1913)
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Ferdinand Léger(1881-1955)

• Artist of the Machine Age
• Concerned with modern industry and city life
• Trained first as architect
• More colorful than Braque or Picasso
• Cylindrical forms

Soldiers Playing Cards (1917)
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Léger paintings...
The Town (1919)
Tugboats (1920)
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Juan Gris1887-1927
I tried to make abstract things become real.
Portrait of Picasso (1912)
Still Life (1915)
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Robert Delaunay1885-1941
I wanted to put different sides next to each
other.
Homage to Blériot (1914)
Eiffel Tower (1910)
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Albert Gleizes 1881-1953
The world only becomes real through thought.
The Clowns (1917)
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Roger de la Fresnaye1885-1925
Each object gradually becomes part of the
painting.
La Cuirassierle (1910-1911)
The Conquest of the Air (1913)

• Many of the Cubist paintings depicted scenes from
  World War I, 1914 to 1918.

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Marcel Duchamp1887-1968A revolutionary in the
art world.

• We paint because we want to be free.
• Repeated forms make us feel speed for the
  descending figure.
• Brother to Cubist painter Jaques Villon
• Famous for the Mona Lisa with beard and mustache
  later in his career.

Nude Descending a Staircase 2 (1912)
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Jacques Villon1875-1963
I am the Impressionist Cubist.

Young Woman (1912)
A Woman (1912)
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Conclusion

• Cubism appeared in the United States with the
  Armory Show in 1913
• World War I influenced both life and art for the
  Cubist painter.
• Braque, Glizas, La Fresnaye, and Léger all served
  in World War I.
• This Art was controversial but led the way to
  other forms of art for the 20th century

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Cubism

• 20th Century Art
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