Cubism & Self-portrait. Guernica Pablo Picasso 1937

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1 Cubism & Self-portrait Guernica Pablo Picasso 1937

2 What is cubism? Cubism is an art movement that began during the first part of the 20th century by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. Cubism are abstract representations of the real world were the artists gives complexity to the narrative of its work by studying and painting more than one plane of reality. It became distinctive by its flattened, yet dynamic, style.

3 Little Girl with Doll - Cézanne 1902 During his last works Paul Cézanne explored in his paintings the idea of segmented areas within the canvas and the simplification of the objects.

4 Later, this works of art became the foundations and the inspiration for what would come to be known as cubism. Paul was the spark for artist like Braque and Picasso to innovate. Château Noir Cézanne 1900

5 Many agree that the first cubist painting is Les Demoiselles d Avignon (1907) by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso.

6 Though many other scholars say that it was George Braque s L'Estaque series of paintings. Either way, it is undeniable that both artists changed radically the way of viewing the world. (Houses at L'Estaque Georges Braque 1908).

7 Cubism derived its name from remarks that were made by the painter Henri Matisse and the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who described Braque's 1908 work "Houses at L'Estaque" as composed of cubes.

Violin and Hug, Braque 1910. ANALYTICAL CUBISM (1910/1913) It was the first stage of the cubist movement and one of its major branches.

8 Violin and Hug, Braque ANALYTICAL CUBISM (1910/1913) It was the first stage of the cubist movement and one of its major branches. In this phase, the cubists analyzed natural forms and they reduced forms to basic geometric parts to create a two-dimensional picture plane.

9 Color was almost non-existent and color palettes were monochromatic that included grey, blue and ochre. Girl with mandolin, Picasso 1910.

10 SYNTHETIC CUBISM Still life with fruit dish and mandolin Juan Gris 1919 (1913/1924) This cubism movement was characterized by the introduction of different surfaces, textures, collage elements and a great variety of merged subject matter.

11 In comparison to Analytic Cubism, Synthetic Cubism is actually pushing several objects together. Less pure than Analytic Cubism, this movement has less shading, creating flatter space. Three Musicians Pablo Picasso

HOW CUBISM INNOVATED Clement Greenberg In the essay Modernist Painting, Clement Greenberg, maybe the greatest art critic in history, states that the utterly most important issue of art is

12 HOW CUBISM INNOVATED Clement Greenberg In the essay Modernist Painting, Clement Greenberg, maybe the greatest art critic in history, states that the utterly most important issue of art is its flatness. He states Because flatness was the only condition painting shared with no other art, Modernist painting oriented itself to flatness as it did to nothing else (Greenberg, 1960).

13 What he was saying is that the only way painting differentiated itself from the other arts was because of its two dimension, rather than the volumetric nature theater or sculpture had. (Clement Greenberg) Portrait of Picasso, Juan Gris.

14 Cubism became important as it took things one-step further and began playing with the concepts of time and space. Even though it was visually flat, Cubism was all about the study of different planes, the different faces of the object as well as the change it had through time. (Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 Marcel Duchamp 1912).

15 The innovation of cubism was that it abandoned the organic forms of past movements, and it became its main objective to construct geometric spaces. Les Baigneuses Albert Gleizes 1912

16 Just like Cézanne s impressionist paintings paved the way for cubists, Cubism paved the way for geometric abstractionism. It became the inspiration for clean lines and a whole new group of artists, such as Mondrian. Danseuse au café Jean Metzinger 1912

17 The Old Guitarist Pablo Picasso 1903 PABLO PICASSO Pablo Ruiz y Picasso was born was born October 25, 1881 in the city of Málaga, Spain. He was a sculptor, painter and poet best known for the co-creation of the Cubist movement and the cocreator of the collage. Probably, Picasso is the most influential artist of the 20 th Century.

18 Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century, his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. His work is often categorized into periods.

19 The most commonly accepted periods in his work are: the Blue Period ( ) The Blue Room Pablo Picasso 1901

20 the Rose Period ( ) the African-influenced Period ( ) The Actor Pablo Picasso 1904 Le pigeon aux petits pois Pablo Picasso 1911

21 Analytic Cubism ( ) Ma Jolie, Nature Morte (Musique) Pablo Picasso 1913

22 Synthetic Cubism ( ) Le Rêve Pablo Picasso

23 FUN FACTS about picasso Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso.

24 His first word was "piz," short of lápiz the Spanish word for 'pencil. Picasso was a long term friend and rival of Henri Matisse. (Le Picador Pablo Picasso ) Pablo Picasso s first painting was completed when he was 9..

On August 21, 1911, someone stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and turned the art world upside-down. A man came forward with a statue he'd stolen from the museum four years earlier.

25 On August 21, 1911, someone stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and turned the art world upside-down. A man came forward with a statue he'd stolen from the museum four years earlier. He claimed to have stolen a few of them for the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who said sold them to Picasso. The 29-year-old artist was taken to court, but after denying the theft he wasn t charged.

1940 - Frida Kahlo Self-portrait SELF-PORTRAITS A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, sculpted, or photographed, by

26 Frida Kahlo Self-portrait SELF-PORTRAITS A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, sculpted, or photographed, by the artist itself. Artists have been known to use this technique since ancient times, but it is not until the Renaissance that it becomes relevant.

27 People like Leonardo Da Vinci used them as a selfexploration method, either as a way to understand anatomy or to understand themselves. During this period it became a common practice for the artist to insert its own image into their larger works, such as Caravaggio and Raphael Diego Velázquez - Las Meninas

Either way, self-portraits came to be very important during the course of art evolution.

28 Yet, some scholars agree that self-portraits might have risen to fame because it was cheaper for the artist to paint itself than to hire a model. Either way, self-portraits came to be very important during the course of art evolution. Artists such as Rembrandt and Van Gogh dedicated most of their works to the study of their selves Henri Matisse Self Portrait in a Stripped T-Shirt Rembrandt - Self Portrait with Two Circles

29 Van Gogh even said once in a letter to his brother In Rembrandt's portraits...it is more than nature, it is a kind of revelation. Other artist, such as Frida Kahlo, used selfportraits in a therapeutic way, a way to express their inner turmoil Vincent Van Gogh Self-Portrait

(Autumn Rhythm Jackson Pollock 1950) It is also important to mention that the self-portrait has to contain human figure to be considered one, even in some kind of abstract form.

30 (Autumn Rhythm Jackson Pollock 1950) It is also important to mention that the self-portrait has to contain human figure to be considered one, even in some kind of abstract form. In spite of this, some scholars have mentioned the existence of some metaphorical self-portraits, as they say the painting becomes an abstract representation of the artist s emotions. Some of the examples that might fit this description might be the works of Pollock or Rothko.

31 Now days, the self-portraits of past artists help us understand in some way the thoughts and their psyche. These works of art are visual representations of the way they saw themselves or the way they wanted to be seen. It is a self-exploration, a self-study, of their identity. And this is why now days it is still a relevant exercise within all the realms of art, as it is the first step for any artist to discover who they are and what they want their work to say about them.

32 BIBLIOGRAPHY

After viewing crash course in art history power point and videos; Pick two of the Art styles from Fauvism to today. Using the elements of art and

After viewing crash course in art history power point and videos; Pick two of the Art styles from Fauvism to today. Using the elements of art and principles of design in your vocabulary, compare and contrast