3. What is the significance of Cubist works produced after 1907 to the representation of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface?
Prior to the 20th Century, art styles such as realism and romanticism were most popular in the world of art, these traditional and academic art forms were seen as the highest and most desirable form of art; the result of great skill and control. At this time artists focused on creating artwork that was visually accurate and which were true depictions of the world and their surroundings. In the 20th century however, art styles changed dramatically with the development of modernism, and a number of artistic movements that rejected this naturalism [1]. At the beginning of the 1900s, artists like Paul Cezanne were a great influence and other artists were able to create more personal and unique styles of working that rejected traditional styles and paved the …show more content…
The obvious and deliberate use of the brown tones in the image makes the violin and jug merge into the background, their surroundings and each other; the shifting viewpoints and altered perspective of the image makes the objects appear 2-dimensional. In the same way as Picasso's piece, Braque has created no clear 3-dimensional space between the objects and background so they appear flat and connected like a brown line drawing. This illusion of making 3-dimensional objects appear 2-dimensional was an important, and recurring characteristic of early Analytical Cubism, as it is seen in many other works of Braque and Picasso, such as 'Violin and Candlestick' (Braque-1910) and 'A Woman With Guitar'
Prior to the 20th Century, art styles such as realism and romanticism were most popular in the world of art, these traditional and academic art forms were seen as the highest and most desirable form of art; the result of great skill and control. At this time artists focused on creating artwork that was visually accurate and which were true depictions of the world and their surroundings. In the 20th century however, art styles changed dramatically with the development of modernism, and a number of artistic movements that rejected this naturalism [1]. At the beginning of the 1900s, artists like Paul Cezanne were a great influence and other artists were able to create more personal and unique styles of working that rejected traditional styles and paved the …show more content…
The obvious and deliberate use of the brown tones in the image makes the violin and jug merge into the background, their surroundings and each other; the shifting viewpoints and altered perspective of the image makes the objects appear 2-dimensional. In the same way as Picasso's piece, Braque has created no clear 3-dimensional space between the objects and background so they appear flat and connected like a brown line drawing. This illusion of making 3-dimensional objects appear 2-dimensional was an important, and recurring characteristic of early Analytical Cubism, as it is seen in many other works of Braque and Picasso, such as 'Violin and Candlestick' (Braque-1910) and 'A Woman With Guitar'