Cubism was one of the most influential and revolutionary movements in art and because of this, the world will never be the same. Cubism has been around since the 1900’s and the development was attributed to Pablo Picasso and George Braque. Cubism was the main focus in Picasso's life. He went through many periods of different types of cubism during his lifetime. His blue period, which only last a few years during World War I, consisted of only painting pictures with different hues of blue. He was also going through a difficult time his life, dealing with financial issues and the death of a close friend. His rose period occurred right after his blue period because he believed he had fallen in love. Again, during his rose period, Picasso painted with different hues of red and pink.
Analytic and Synthetic cubism are the two main branches of cubism. Analytic cubism was a radical and influential movement that only lasted from 1907 to 1911 in France. Analytic cubism interprets natural forms and compressed the forms into geometric parts on a two-dimensional canvas. Color was not used often in analytic cubism but mainly used blue, grey, and ochre. Many artists geometric forms like the cylinder, sphere, and the cone to depict the natural world. On the other hand, synthetic cubism is the second main movement within cubism. It was distinguished by the preamble of different texture, surfaces, collage elements, papier colle, and a large variety of merged subject matter. Newspaper clippings and sheet music were popular to include in collages.
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881. His father, Jose Ruiz Biasco, was a professor of drawing and his mother was Maria Picasso Lopez. Picasso’s father taught him how to draw and paint. When he was of age, his father enrolled him into a local art academy but he dropped out when he was 20 and because the famous painter that he is today. He was acknowledged for his work while he was still alive which was rare for the 20th century. Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 at the age of 91 because of natural causes.
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I love Pablo Picasso's Cubism. even thought it's abstract, i find that you can always catch a glimpse of what he meant or felt. I find Picasso's Blue Period so interesting, do you think it helped or hurt his career for that time period?
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think it helped his career because most of his famous paintings were from his blue period because they were so abstract and different.
ReplyDeletePicasso's work is absolutely amazing. i couldn't do anything close to that if i tried. He really puts himself into his work and that is why i think everyone loved it so much. because they got a glimpse of who this man was.
ReplyDeleteAll of Picasso's art that I have seen has been so dark, that I was surprised that it only lasted a few years! I also didn't know that he had a rose period with brighter colors and happier paintings. I really learned a lot.
ReplyDeletePicasso was a wounderful painter and you can really tell what he was feeling. I think it is kind of funny that he had color periods. thank you
ReplyDeletePicasso made some extrodinary pieces. I think cubism blue period helped him and increased peoples ideas and loved him even more. Do you think that if Picasso had not went through that period he would be the same man he later became?
ReplyDeleteWhat if picasso just wanted to paint blue? He could have just woken up one morning and decided to paint in a certain color... like me.
ReplyDeletePicasso's blue period is not cubism. In fact because Picasso had so many different phases, it is interesting that he is so closely identified as a cubist. All of his works challenged conventional styles of art.
ReplyDeleteI believe that if Picasso had not shown his emotions through his painting he would have been an emotional wreck. Most people in the world have ways to express their deepest emotion through a sort of therapy, like a journal or, as in this case, painting. When thoughs feels are not expressed, they can make a person feel overwhelmed by the world, causing something like depression or an incapability to do things. If Picasso had never expressed his feelings through his paintings, who knows if he would have made terrible decisions or if would have still found his relief through art.
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