Selection #15: Still Life With Chair Caning

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Cubism

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radically avant-garde style, focused on the idea of presenting a more "truthful" representation of reality; a movement of central importance in the history of twentieth century art.

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Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

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Developed CUBISM, completely upending art.... challenging traditional ways of seeing & representing the world

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In Paris in 1906/07

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Where & When Picasso and Braque developed CUBISM (a radically avant-garde style, focused on the idea of presenting a more "truthful" representation of reality)

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ANALYTIC

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The first phase of CUBISM

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point of view.

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CUBISM involves examining a subject from every possible ______________, any of which are as "real" as the the original . - This is the key concept of Cubism.

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singular, frontally viewed

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For Picasso and Braque, objects did not fully exist in the ______________manner in which they had been represented in traditional art.

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at once

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In addition to a frontside, an object also has an underside, a backside, an inside—and all of these views are present ___________.

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break up / simultaneously

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The artists worked to ___________forms as a way to analyze them and more truthfully present these various perspectives _________________.

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Illegible / absurd

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The resulting images were almost completely _________.For many viewers (then and now), these works were __________.

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insult

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In fact, the name we use to identify this type of art was a contemporary _______ to the style.

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"bizarreriés cubiques"or "cubic oddities."

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Upon seeing examples of Braque and Picasso's painting, an art critic described them as "______________" or "____________."

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Louis Vauxcelles

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Upon seeing examples of Braque and Picasso's painting, the critic _____________described them as "bizarreriés cubiques" or "cubic oddities."

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Synthetic Cubism

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In ___________, the second major phase of Cubism, their (Braque's and Picasso's) use of nonart materials would challenge viewers to an even greater degree.

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equal partners

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Cubism was initially developed by Picasso and Braque together. Although Picasso has come down through history to be significantly better known than Braque, they were ___________in their artistic endeavors.

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Braque

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Some of the most important breakthroughs the two artists made were initiated by ___________.

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radical

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Because what they were doing was so ________, the artists relied heavily on each other. As Picasso remembered:

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finished

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"Almost every evening, either I went to Braque's studio, or Braque came to mine. Each of us had to see what the other had done during the day. We criticized each other's work. A canvas wasn't ___________unless both of us felt it was."

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1911, Salon des Indépendants

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first major exhibition of CUBIST work was shown in the spring of _____, in Paris at the _____________.

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Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger, and Robert Delaunay

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In Salle (Room) 41 Cubist paintings by artists such as _____,___,_____, &______were exhibited.

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Futurism in Italy, De Stijl in the Netherlands

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Later movements would be directly influenced by Cubism— in particular _______ in ______ and ____________in ___________.

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collage

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A key aspect of Cubism in its later Synthetic phase was the development of ____________.

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everyday materials and objects

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Around 1912, Picasso and Braque began to experiment with the introduction of ________________into their work.

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Braque

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As was generally the case, __________took a major leap forward in this regard. He purchased a roll of wallpaper, cut up pieces of the paper, which had a faux wood grain pattern printed on it, and applied the pieces to several of his charcoal drawings.

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papier collé

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In works such as Fruit Dish and Glass (1912), Braque had, in effect, invented ______________, or pasted paper.

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Braque about papier collé

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"I felt a great shock, and it was an ever greater shock for Picasso when I showed it to him.'"

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a hundred, variety of materials

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In response, Picasso made almost __________works using collaged paper in the two weeks following Braque's discovery. Picasso used a wider _______________: colored paper, wallpaper scraps, music sheets, and newspaper.

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Papier collé

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___________is a specific form of collage. It uses paper only, while collage can include a much greater variety of materials (as we will see in the discussion of Still Life with Chair Caning).

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radical, traditional

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The idea of collage was_________at this time, as art was seen as being made of very specific, ___________ materials.

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Mundane, degradation

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The introduction of such ________ materials here was a shocking ___________ of art in the eyes of many contemporary viewers.

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Disgusting, tricks up our sleeve

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In response to criticism of their use of nontraditional materials, Picasso said, "perhaps we'll succeed in _________everybody:

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twentieth

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Pablo Picasso is largely regarded as one of the most important artists of the ___________century.

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open-welded sculpture

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.Picasso is not only renowned for his contributions in the development of Cubism, but was also important in the invention of _________________and for the amazing breadth of his artistic production.

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prolific

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Picasso was incredibly_________, producing literally tens of thousands of works in painting, sculpting, drawing, printing, textiles, ceramics, and stage design.

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romantic life

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The drama of Picasso's __________, and the ways in which it influenced his art makes him an object of fascination as well.

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October 25, 1881

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Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso was born on ____________.

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Málaga, Spain

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Picasso was born in _____________.

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his father, José Ruiz y Blasco

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Picasso's earliest artistic training began prior to 1890. He studied initially with ___________________, who was a Spanish painter and art instructor.

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drawing

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Picasso's father taught __________ at the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes in Málaga.

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Barcelona

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His family relocated to _________in 1895.

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School of Fine Arts

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The young Picasso studied at the __________ in Bsrcelona.

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a week

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Picasso took the month-long entrance exam for the school's advanced class, and finished it in only ________.

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thirteen

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Picasso was admitted to the art school at age _________.

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Madrid

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Picasso transferred briefly to the Royal Academy of San Fernando in _________.

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Paris

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Then, in order to further advance his training, left for __________ in 1901.It was there that he began to work in earnest as an artist.

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Blue Period, blue

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His travel to France coincided with the development of his ____________(1901-04), which presented somber narratives in cool, ______ tones.

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Rose, pinkish

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The Blue Period was followed by the _________Period (1905-07), in which his coloration took a decidedly ________tone.

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circus

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During his Rose Period, subjects often involved ________ themes.

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Cubism

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While all of these works are certainly of interest, it was the next phase—__________—that cemented Picasso's place in art history.

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Surrealism, public art

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After the revolutionary Cubist phase, Picasso moved through a series of different styles and media interests. He experimented with all manner of materials and adopted a classicizing approach, explored __________, and even worked in the realm of ___________.

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romantic relationships

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His personal life was complex. He had a series of significant ___________, many of which were revealed in the art that he made over the course of his life.

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twice

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Picasso was married ______. , first to the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova and then to Jacqueline Roque.

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four.

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Picasso had four children.

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April 8, 1973

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Picasso died on __________. at the age of ninety-one, he was considered the most important living artist of his time

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ninety-one

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When he died at the age of _________, Picasso was considered the most important living artist of his time

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Olga Khokhlova

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Picasso was married first to the Russian the Russian ballerina _____________.

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Jacqueline Roque

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Picasso's second wife was ________________.

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Still Life with Chair Caning

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____________is an extremely important work of the twentieth century

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collage

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Still Life with Chair Caning is the first true _______in the history of art.

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March

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Braque and Picasso would go on to explore the specific collage technique of papier collé from September of 1912, but this piece dates from__________of that year.

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piece of rope, oilcloth

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Rather than incorporating paper, here Picasso uses other non-art materials—a ___________for the work's "frame" and a section of ___________ printed with a pattern that reproduces a woven caning pattern.

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Synthetic

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Still Life with Chair Caning considered an example of _________ Cubism.

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Analytic

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In the _______Cubist phase, Picasso and Braque were concerned primarily with breaking down and analyzing forms.

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reality, objects

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In the Synthetic mode, they were interested in bringing a measure of ________ back into their work—synthesizing their art with everyday life, often through the use of actual ________.

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café life

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This work is meant to illustrate the ________Picasso and Braque enjoyed in Paris.

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tabletop

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The subject is a __________, upon which the artist has rendered various items that he would use when visiting such an establishment.

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a glass, a slice of lemon, a pipe, and a newspaper.

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Various objects appear on the tabletop: such as ______________,____,____, & ________

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caning

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In addition, the chair the artist is sitting on is indicated by the _____________pattern.

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painted

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Most of the __________objects are placed at the upper regions of the canvas and are depicted using Picasso's standard Analytic Cubist style.

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JOU

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Also highly visible are the letters "_____."

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game

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"Jou" means "__________" in French,.

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journal, newspaper

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But these are also the first letters of the word "_________"or _______.

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Le Journal

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The style of the font here is specific—this is the masthead for the Paris paper __________.

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puzzle

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Picasso is playfully juxtaposing these two meanings—his work is a __________or game that must be carefully examined by the viewer.

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the pipe

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We can see certain elements more clearly, such as the curve of the lemon rind and the segments of the fruit to the upper right, as well as the stem of _________ toward the upper left.

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oilcloth

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The lower portion of the canvas is covered by a swatch of ____________, which has the decorative pattern indicated by the work's title.

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linseed oil, waterproof

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Oilcloth is somewhat like our present-day contact paper. It is a cloth or linen material coated with ____________which makes the fabric _____________.

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protect

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In Picasso's time, oilcloth was used to __________objects such as luggage and perhaps make them more visually interesting.

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game

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Here, again, we see a "__________"—the oilcloth may simultaneously suggest an oilcloth-covered tabletop and the caned chair next to it. Or perhaps the table top is glass, and we are seeing through it to the chair seat below?

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realistic ,cubist

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Picasso further teases us by including this extremely ________element in the midst of his other highly ________ objects, some of which are actually painted in such a way as to visually bleed over the oilcloth pattern.

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rope

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Finally, the image is framed with a piece of ______.

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oval

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This rope adds another striking material to the piece and also highlights the ________ form of the painting. It no doubt refers to the shape of the table at which the artist sits.

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viewpoints

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This detail suggests the idea that we are looking down at the surface of a tabletop although Picasso subverts this with the Cubist elements, which are painted to appear as though we are looking at them from a wide variety of ________.

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read ,comprehend

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Overall, the artist presents us with an image that moves in and out of our grasp—it seems at once very easy to _______ yet extremely difficult to __________.