2. What is Cubism ?
First abstract art style
Used simple shapes
Ignored color in beginning
Lacks elements of light, atmosphere, and space
Gave depth and richness to painting
Overlapping Fragments
Reality of objects in space, reality of flat painted surface
3. How did Cubism get its name?
Cubism got its name from remarks
from the painter Henri Matisse and
critic Louis Vauxcelles. They saw
Braque’s work "
Houses at L'Estaque & quot;
and mocked it saying
“everything is broken down into
cubes.”
5. Impressionist Cezanne greatly influenced George Braque. Taught to
break away from technique and concentrate on color and power of
single brush stroke Disengages with detail and simplified a painting
6. African greatly influenced Picasso’s early
works Direct reaction to Fauvism .Formal simplification and expressive power
Based from African and Iberian sculptures Used earth tones similar to the African
masks Large inspiration for Picasso
7. movements of cubism
Analytic Cubism (1909-1911)
First Cubism phase Monochromatic colors (tans, browns, grays,
creams, greens, blues) Based on reducing natural forms to basic
geometrical parts. Focused more on intellect than emotion and
very ambitious
Synthetic Cubism (1912-1919)
Grew out of analytical Wider use of color Wider use of
materials Paper Collage introduced Type of collage Appealing
and easier to interpret Less intricate Added substances like sand
to paint to make it appear thicker
8. Analytic vs Synthetic
Based on intellect
Monochromatic color
palette
Reduce object to basic
geometric shapes
Linear construction
Less intricate
More color
More appealing
Collage
Objects less
recognizable
Less shading
Added substance to
paint
10. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
o Spanish painter and sculptor
o Took the sculpture approach
o which lead to creation of Cubism
o Stated forms and volumes in basic
simplicity
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15. George Braque (1882-1963)
French painter
Saw solid reality of objects
Impressionist, Fauvist, then Cubist
Painted mainly scenery
Influenced by Latisse and the Fauves, then
Cezanne and Picasso
Introduced faux bois.
(The appearance of stenciling in his paintings)
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20. surrealism (1924)
The word surrealism comes from the French word
super realism. The Surrealists wanted to create art
that included their unconscious thoughts and
dreams. Instead of thinking too much about what
they are painting, they preferred to set their
imaginations free.
Surreal was
Odd
Illogical
Irrational
Exciting
Disturbing
21. Characteristics of Surrealism
Reaction to chaos of WWI
Influence of Freud: Dreams and subconscious
Impossible scale
Reversal of natural laws
Double images
Juxtaposition
Element of surprise
No guideline Free association
Hidden Images
Uncensored thought
Distorted objects
Transparency. Cooler colors
Displacement of an object
Exaggeration
22. Kinds of surrealism
Automatic Surrealism
In the beginning of the Surrealism movement, was
prominent. It was used as a means to illustrate the
subconscious. In this art, the hand can move freely and
randomly across the canvas. Max Ernst coined the term
frottage, which is also used in this automatic style of
Surrealism.
Sub techniques:
Automatic Drawing
Frottage
Decalcomania
26. Andre Messon
Meditation on an Oak Leaf
Andre Masson Battle of the Fish 1927
Joan Miro, Carnival of Harlequin ,
1924
27. Veristic (illusionistic Dream Imagery)
The automatism used by Masson and Miro, and Ernst’s
“frottage” technique dominated the first year of the Surrealism
movement. However, artists like Rene Magritte, Yves Tanguy,
and Salvador Dali emerged with a new style in Surrealism.
Quite different from previous artists, these artists focused on
hallucinatory and fantastic subject matter in meticulously and
realistically portrayed images.
