Friday, October 8, 2010

Cubism


Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, Blue Period





Pablo Picasso, The Saltimbanques, Rose Period






Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907





Pablo Picasso, Three Women







Pablo Picasso, Ma Jolie, Analytical Cubism







Pablo Picasso, A Bottle of Suze, collage, Synthetic Cubism







Pablo Picasso, Man Leaning on a Table, Synthetic Cubism







Pablo Picasso, Guitar, sculpture made from sheet metal







George Braque, Houses at L'Estaque





George Braque, The Portuguese






Fernand Leger, Nude Figures in the Forest






Robert Delaunay, Homage to Bleriot



Robert Dealaunay, Simultaneous Contrasts; The Sun and Moon





Sonia Delaunay, Patchwork Quilt, 1911









PICASSO AND CUBISM

Pablo Picasso
--Blue Period
--Rose Period
--Cubism
----George Braque
----mass
----volume
----Analytical Cubism
----Synthetic Cubism
---------collage

Other Cubists
--George Braque
--Fernand Leger
--Robert Delaunay
--Sonia Delaunay

Read Chapter 7 in the textbook


A Cubist Movie


In 1924, the artist Fernand Leger collaborated with the American composer George Antheil to make this film, Ballet Mecanique (Mechanical Ballet). It has no plot and no story line. It is a rhythmic collection of random objects and images.
Here is part of that movie.