Cubism is one of the arts forms that I have been trying to develop an appreciation for, with no much luck so far.
Cubism (a name suggested by Henri Matisse in 1909) is a non-objective approach to painting developed originally in France by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1906.
Between 1909 and 1911, the analysis of human forms and still lifes (hence the name -Analytical Cubism) led to the creation of a new stylistic system which allowed the artists to transpose the three-dimensional subjects into the flat images on the surface of the canvas. An object, seen from various points of view, could be reconstructed using particular separate "views" which overlapped and intersected. The result of such a reconstruction was a summation of separate temporal moments on the canvas. Picasso called this reorganized form the "sum of destructions," that is, the sum of the fragmentations. Since color supposedly interfered in purely intellectual perception of the form, the Cubist palette was restricted to a narrow, almost monochromatic scale, dominated by grays and browns.
Here is the cubism that I am familiar with [fortunately, never had to experience it first hand (knock on wood!)]
2 comments:
Cubism and protocubism are my favorite Pablo Picasso periods, like the artist himself these styles are defined by their internal contradictions!
Picasso was a man of deep contradictions. Pablo Picasso was a self avowed communist. However, Picasso was also one of the world's wealthiest artists, leaving his heirs an estate valued at $260 million ($1.5 billion in 2008 dollars) when he died in 1973. Pablo Picasso once remarked, 'I like to live like a poor man, except with lots of money'.
Some good images of Pablo Picasso protocubism cubism and rose periods
Web, Thanks for that funny quote and the link.
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