Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Cubism




Founders of Cubism Art Movement:

}Pablo Picasso

◦Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso
◦Spanish
◦Born in 1881 and died in 1973
◦Son of an art and drawing teacher
◦Passed entrance examination for the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at the age of 14
◦Never completed college degree
◦Moved to Paris at the age of 19
◦Married twice
◦Began Cubism in 1909


}Georges Braque

◦French
◦Born May 13, 1882 Died August 31, 1963
◦Son of house painter
◦Fought in World War I
◦Moved to Paris
◦Adopted fauvism
◦Shifted attention to Paul Cezanne
◦Analytic Cubism 1910
Cubism

*Revolutionary style of modern art that evolved at the beginning of the 20th century
*Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age
*Four decades from 1870-1910
*The problem for artists at this time was how to reflect the modernity of the era using the tired and trusted traditions that had served art for the last four centuries
*Influences on early Cubism have been linked to Primitivism and non-Western sources African art
*Also called "hermetic"

1 comment:

  1. The only thing missing were the characteristics of Cubism. 9pts

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