Being forced to interpret and analyze art, whether it’s literature or an actual painting, in school, I have always thought of it from a different perspective compared to the teachers and students around me. My interpretations, like the others around me, are unique in our own sense. Class discussions of single interpretation on a piece of artwork is absurd. The long lasting masterpiece should not be deemed one perception. Controversies involving a piece of work is drivel. Argueing over a single analysis of art, to me, is outrageous.
I agree with Oscar Wilde in believing that “[a]ll art is quite useless”—useless in the sense that it is meaningless (Preface). There are 7 billion people living in this world. Everyone will understand a piece of …show more content…
Each of the five women depicted exhibit masculine like facial features. Thier bodies are defined, but it is done so with the help of rigid lines and shapes. Although, it is quite certain that the setting is a brothel, Picasso certainly did not vividly depict this in the women’s surroundings. However, this is only one connotation of what the painting displays. You can argue that the prostitutes are not fully nude and that they are to some degree covered with towels. Instead of seeing the women as masculine and distorted, others might view them all the rigid edges on the women's bodies to be soft and smooth. All the different interpretations of the this single masterpiece of art, deems the painting meaningless.
Furthermore, I also agree with Oscar Wilde in believing that “[n]o artist is morbid. The artist can express everything” (Preface). Because there are so many perceptions on one piece of art, it can express everything. The different views of each individual makes a single piece of work express different things all that the same time. From my interpretations of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the women with masculine like facial features and rigid edges gives off an intimidating and eerie. On the contrary, people who see smooth curves, might also view the faces of the women as lovely and
I agree with Oscar Wilde in believing that “[a]ll art is quite useless”—useless in the sense that it is meaningless (Preface). There are 7 billion people living in this world. Everyone will understand a piece of …show more content…
Each of the five women depicted exhibit masculine like facial features. Thier bodies are defined, but it is done so with the help of rigid lines and shapes. Although, it is quite certain that the setting is a brothel, Picasso certainly did not vividly depict this in the women’s surroundings. However, this is only one connotation of what the painting displays. You can argue that the prostitutes are not fully nude and that they are to some degree covered with towels. Instead of seeing the women as masculine and distorted, others might view them all the rigid edges on the women's bodies to be soft and smooth. All the different interpretations of the this single masterpiece of art, deems the painting meaningless.
Furthermore, I also agree with Oscar Wilde in believing that “[n]o artist is morbid. The artist can express everything” (Preface). Because there are so many perceptions on one piece of art, it can express everything. The different views of each individual makes a single piece of work express different things all that the same time. From my interpretations of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the women with masculine like facial features and rigid edges gives off an intimidating and eerie. On the contrary, people who see smooth curves, might also view the faces of the women as lovely and