CUBISM By Jesse Garcia
La Femme aux Phlox by Albert Gleizes Image via The Art Story.org
CUBISM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
History of Cubism Cubism Enhanced The impact of Cubism
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History of Cubism The art style known as Cubism is art that incorporates many geometric elements in order to create images inside images. There were two main people that were behind the art of cubism and those people were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. In 1907, Pablo Picasso had just finished the first iteration of Cubism and that painting was called Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Georges Braque was hesitant to be a part of Pablo Picasso’s creation, but he was way too intrigued in what he had created. Soon after they began to collaborate and test their limits as to what they could create to improve upon this art style. Their collaboration gave new meaning to the art of cubism and caused other artists to join in on the action (History).
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso Image via moma.org
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Fruit Dish and Glass by Georges Braque Image via Georges Braque.net
Cubism Enhanced As time went on and cubism became more and more popular, The two artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque decided to improve this art form by incorporating words. The combination of words along with the images created collages that was ultimately given the name of synthetic cubism. The famous painting created by Georges Braque known as Fruit Dish and Glass was his first artwork to feature his brand new technique known as papier colle (History).
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The impact of Cubism It has been said that the art of cubism was important because of its influence that it had across many art movements. Some art movements include Futurism, Orphism, and Dada just to name a few. The art movements that became possible because of cubism were impacted because art could now portray different views as well as the combination of the past and the future. These art movements were all associated with faceting and geometric shapes to correlate about modern civilization and mechanization (Useum).
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Girl with Mandolin by Pablo Picasso Image via moma.org
Jeune Fille Endormie by Pablo Picasso Image via flickr.com
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Houses at I’Estaque by Georges Braque Image via wikiart.org
Still life with Liqueur Bottle by Pablo Picasso Image via moma.org
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Portrait of Pablo Picasso by Juan Gris Image via artsandculture.google.com “Cubism - Concepts & Styles.” The Art Story, www.theartstory.org/movement/cubism/history-and-concepts/. History.com Editors. “Cubism History.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 26 July 2017, www.history.com/topics/art-history/history-of-cubism.