Cubism

Marc Chagall was born in a small community in the suburbs of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His dad was a fish seller and his mom sold miscellaneous stuff. When Chagall was a child he attended a Jewish elementary school, he studied Hebrew and the bible there, later on he ended up attending a Russian public school. “He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would…

Before enter in context about the art movement which belong this painting I think is fair to do a brief review to develop empathy with this painting that received the name of a city located in the Basque region that was considered a Republican bastion that was in conflict with the Nationals represented by the fascist general Francisco Franco. This art work was painted by the Spaniard artist Pablo Picasso in 1937, while he was living as an expatriated in Paris, where he was contacted by members…

work of art must not be something that leaves a man unmoved . . . [it] has to make him react [and] feel strongly” (159). For art to have profound impact, the artist must have experience with deep emotions too. Critics called Picasso’s creation of cubism “grotesque, barbarian, ultra revolutionary, ridiculous, and deliberately shocking,” all words meant to paint Picasso in a very negative light (156). However, these words describe a man who, despite having all of these qualities, manipulated and…

As any paranoiac, the artist should allow these images to reach the conscience, and then do what the paranoiac cannot do: Freeze them on canvas to give consciousness the opportunity to comprehend their meaning (Bell, 1984). Later on, he expanded the process into the Oniric-Critical Method, in which the artist pays attention to his dreams, freezing them through art, and analyzing them as well. As Freud said, “A dream that is not interpreted is like a letter that is not opened (Bell, 1984).…

Q.1.) How did Picasso and Matisse differ in their views about the purpose of art? How did their styles differ? Which works best exemplify their different styles? A.1.) First with Pablo Picasso, he once said, “the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off your souls". From his famous quote, we can gather that our lives require day by day measurements of art similar to how our body needs a clean and healthy bathe to remain perfect and sound. In other word, art is the essential request…

Picasso were alive today,” Marc Blondeau, a prominent Geneva dealer and former head of Sotheby’s France, told Milton Esteron, “he would be one of the 10 wealthiest men in the world.” (Esterow 1) His vast artwork known by many, and his creation of Cubism has not only had an impact with the art world but also with historians. Pablo Picasso was born, into a family that helped him to become an artist,…

Many of our first words are either “mom” or “dad”, but very rare is it that our first word is “pencil”, let alone do we have an idea of what our passion and career will be like based on our first word, as Pablo Picasso did. Apparently, his first word was “lápiz”, meaning “pencil” in Spanish. The fact that he is now considered one of the greatest and most influential artists in history of the 20th century is amazing. Picasso is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of…

Located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, “Picasso Sculpture,” arch from a 60-year period, work of Pablo Picasso on the museum 's fourth floor. Precisely 140 sculptures that were finished between 1902 and 1964. Within all, strikes a variety of big and small works, materialized of pebbles, plaster, sheet metal, clay, wood. Picasso Sculpture spotlights a lifelong work with sculptures, mainly it singularly focuses on the use of materials and processes within each piece. Stated by…

colors that were used by Matisse. These two paintings differ from one another in that Picasso’s figures are somewhat contorted and positioned in such a way that they are asymmetrical and graphic. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was a true representation of Cubism in that the nude figures were geometric and out of…

Introduction Pablo Picasso is the most important figure of 20th century, in terms of art and art movement that occurred over the period. Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had become the most well-known name in modern art, with distinct style and eye for artistic creation which influenced artists, painters, and explained more on the human conditions. .Human condition is the subconscious sense of guilt and agony we each carry of being unable to explain humans’ contradictory capacity…