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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…

painter Pablo Picasso. Cubism comes from the word "cubes" that was given by Vauxcelles after he had seen the landscapes of Braque. Cubism was really popular after Fauvism and before Bauhaus(see timeline) One of the creatures of cubism was Pablo Picasso. Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a man born on the 25th of October 1881 in Málaga. He was the oldest one and had two sisters Lola and Conchita. At an age of seven…

As long as there has been humanity, there has been art. As long as there has been art, there has been culture. Both Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel Invisible Man and Spike Lee’s 2000 film Bamboozled examine the links between the two. Invisible Man follows an unnamed protagonist, the narrator, through his journey as a young black man navigating life from the south to the north, and eventually through the Brotherhood, a predominantly white organization who fight for racial equality. Bamboozled is the…

Salvador Dali is a master at displaying surrealism. He was able to apply surrealism in this painting. He placed an architectural masterpiece on the beach. The main focal point is a bridge that transforms into a stairway because of a dream. Additionally, there are elongated figures that are performing a dance. This would not be suspected because of the setting of the background of the painting. Dali was also able to display form in this painting. With the bridge or staircase, the viewer can tell…

Pablo Escobar, the tsar of cocaine and one of the most powerful and cruelest criminals in the world. Escobar was born in 1949. He came from a poor family, his father was a peasant farmer, whilst his mother was a schoolteacher. He got married in1976 to Maria Victoria, and had two children from her a son and a daughter. Escobar path to wealth made him a dangerous criminal. In the mid of 80's, Escobar controlled more than 80% of the cocaine in US. And, he was named one of the ten richest people on…

His imagination and perspective of things opened new doors for his success and ambition droved him to learn from other strong Surrealism painters. For example, Pablo Picasso an influence in several pieces of artwork that Dali displayed. However, by the 1940 Dali created his first painting in exile in the United States (Unparalled collection of Salvador Dali Art Works). To modern day the entitled masterpiece “ The…

Paul Cézanne’s painting, The Large Bathers, has influenced many artists, particularly those that include nude figures in their work. This essay will describe how two of those artists in particular, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, have been inspired by and broken free of this particular Cézanne painting; their works to be discussed are Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, respectively. Flam (2012) described The Large Bathers as having no emotion, nor having a polished…

Pablo Picasso is probably the most important figure of 20th century, in terms of art, and art movements that occurred over this period. Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had become the most well known name in modern art, with the most distinct style and eye for artistic creation. There had been no other artists, prior to Picasso, who had such an impact on the art world, or had a mass following of fans and critics alike, as he did. Although his art career spanned over a 7 decade…

artwork. Even in some of his most famous works, it’s obvious Pablo Picasso has some type of contempt towards women. In Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the painting features 5 prostitutes in a brothel – something Picasso was all too familiar with. The faces of many of the women he drew or painted were often blank or grotesque. Some of his other pieces that conveyed a misogynistic tone include Nude Woman in a Red Armchair and Portrait of Dora Maar. Pablo Picasso would disagree with Karl Marx’s views…

Paul Cezanne was a talented artist that both Matisse and Picasso have said; they owe Paul Cezanne much respect and gratitude for getting them to the levels that they achieved. In this short paper we will look at what was important to Paul Cezanne and how he constructed his works of art, and then compare this to works of art by Matisse and Picasso. We will pull out examples of how Cezanne inspired these two artists and also how these two artists were trying to break free from Cezanne and become…