Every artist has to learn from someone or through some medium. The learning process can be full of trial and error to get the best results. As the apprentice finds their own identity they must choose to the best way to express their feelings through art. Sometimes finding your own way can be dangerous and scary, but getting past those feelings can be rewarding. Breaking from the norm was exactly what the Rite of Spring and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon did. Ground breaking can be controversial and dangerous when it is perceived as disrespectful and degrading. I will show how these two pieces of work from Igor Stravinsky and Picasso did just that all the while expanding the genres by the use of primitivism breaks from the norm.
Igor Stravinsky was born in June of 1882 in Russia, he was a revolutionary composer whose works include Symphony in E-flat Major, The Faun and the Shepherdess, The Firebird and The Rite of …show more content…
It was very controversial with its outrageous costumes, constantly changing rhythms, unusual choreography and the story of pagan sacrifice was so outrageous that a fight broke out in the theatre. The audience went crazy, some cheered, protested, and argued during the performance which created so much noise the dancers could not hear the orchestra. According to Harvard University professor Thomas Kelly, “one of the reasons that the Paris premiere of “The Rite of Spring” created such a furor was it shattered everyone’s expectations,” and “The pagans on-stage made pagans of the audience.” This break form the norm is now seen as a milestone, or the start of revolution. These revolutions in taste bring about social changes in what is acceptable. The Rite of Spring, stood apart from anything written before because of its rawness, its volatile rhythmic elements, and primitivism. This breaking from the norm is also what Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon did in painting
Igor Stravinsky was born in June of 1882 in Russia, he was a revolutionary composer whose works include Symphony in E-flat Major, The Faun and the Shepherdess, The Firebird and The Rite of …show more content…
It was very controversial with its outrageous costumes, constantly changing rhythms, unusual choreography and the story of pagan sacrifice was so outrageous that a fight broke out in the theatre. The audience went crazy, some cheered, protested, and argued during the performance which created so much noise the dancers could not hear the orchestra. According to Harvard University professor Thomas Kelly, “one of the reasons that the Paris premiere of “The Rite of Spring” created such a furor was it shattered everyone’s expectations,” and “The pagans on-stage made pagans of the audience.” This break form the norm is now seen as a milestone, or the start of revolution. These revolutions in taste bring about social changes in what is acceptable. The Rite of Spring, stood apart from anything written before because of its rawness, its volatile rhythmic elements, and primitivism. This breaking from the norm is also what Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon did in painting