Cubism 0.0 / 5 ? History of Art20th centuryA2/A-levelAQA Created by: epearce1998Created on: 19-06-17 09:54 Picasso 'Man with a Pipe' (1911-12) Analytical Cubism Views presented simultaneously as kaleidoscope of line and colour From Kahnweiler's 'Rise of Cubism'- mutliple views of an object and juxtaposing them Rejection of single point perspective, use of lettering pre-empting synthetic Description Strong, rectlinear lines, traditional pyramdial composition, oval canvas rejects illusionism Muted greys, ochres, browns, lettering of EST and AL, gradation of tones (partly lit) Some objects recognisable e.g. pipe, moustache, paper, sleeves Context 1905 Eistein's Theory of Relativity said time/ space elastic, Bergson's 'Matter and Memory' (1869) said conciousness an accumilation of experience 1870-1910 technological progress, artists looking for ways to reject changes 'The world doesn't make sense so why should I paint pictures that do' 1 of 3 Braque 'Fruit Bowl and Glass' (1912) Synthetic Cubism Unusual realities, often in round, less fragmented, more symbolic, colourful/ textural Focus on decorative- objects as signs, symbols, emblems Materials/ techniques Main subject charcoal, less than surroundings, faux bois texture with grained comb and sand Gouache on white board, papier collage (low art), physical projections like relief sculpture Trompe l'oeil of using realistic imagery e.g. fruit to created optical illusion Ideas on art Painter decorator- experimented with llithography, engraving, sculpture Trompe l'oeil to make pictorial effects resembling wood/ marble Charcoal overlaps wallpaper- what in fore/background? Pun about objects in space Objects all meaningless as individuals but meaning together 2 of 3 Picasso 'Glass of Absinthe' (1914) Description Child-like, abstracted glass, use of ready made absinthe spoon Spoon on top, iced water is dripped over the sugar cube into the absinthe Untraditional painted bronze, glass tilts, voids and spaces, rings show how full it is Context Absinthe popular in bohemian cafe circles, very addictive Representation of face after absinthe, formalist excericise in hallucination and intoxication 'You should have some idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague one' Painted bronze- return to classical/ medieval sculpture, influence of Gaugin Einstein's ideas of instability of time/space, Bergson- reality a flux of sensual experience Princet and Poincake's theories about juxtaposition of objects in space 3 of 3
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