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CUBISM
1907-1921
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Time Period: Inventions
• Assembly line
was first used
in production
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• Seeberger
created the
modern
escalator
3
• First radio
transmission
was sent and
Booth invented
the vacuum
cleaner
4
• Wright
brothers
invented the
first motorized
airplane
5
Time Period: World Events
• Great change came about the early 20th century.

There were new inventions, suburbs popped up,
the model for the atom was created by Bohr.
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• Africa and Asia
were controlled
by European
empires driven by
desire for more
land and raw
materials. This
made Europe very
wealthy.
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• The first silent
movie was
made and the
New York
Subway
opened
8
• Along with this
many countries
like Mexico,
Russia and China
demanded
change bringing
about revolutions.
9
• Einstein theory explains
that there is no
absolute position, or
speed or momentum.
To find out how fast
something moves or
where it is we must
explain our answer by
comparing two objects.
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Influences
• Fauvism was a large influence. The artists of the

movement used bright colors and shapes to
express themselves
• Cézanne was a famous fauvist painter at the
time. His scenes usually involved simplifying
nature. Some of his art had a great impact on
cubist artists like Braque and Picasso
• He was fascinated by the architecture-like form
of a mountain and this greatly inspired many of
his nature pieces
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Cézanne’s Art
“All nature is made up of the cone, the cylinder, and

the sphere.” 12
Influences
• A large influence for • This particular mask greatly
resembles one of the women’s
Picasso was African faces in Picasso’s first painting
tribal masks
• He like many other
cubist artists liked their
bold shapes, power and
energy
• These masks inspired
him to make his first
cubist piece, Les
Demoiselles d’Avignon
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
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Blue and Rose Period (1901-1906)
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Georges Braque (1882-1963)
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Fauvist Phase
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The Bond is Formed
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Cubism Duo
“Picasso and I were like mountaineers roped together.”-Braque
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Juan Gris (1887-1927)
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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
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Main Goal
The goal for Braque and Picasso’s new movement

was to create a movement that represented the
nature of the modern world. They wanted to show
the way people thought and felt at the time. They
wanted an art form showed reality so they chose
simple objects as their subjects. Thus Cubism was
born.
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Subject
•Traditional perspective abandoned
•More immediate
surroundings/objects
•Still Life (many musical instruments)
•Simple movement, simple subjects
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Style
•Angular, geometric shapes
•Less intricate
•Muted, distinct colors
•Rough lines
•Faceting
•Brighter colors later
•Flat objects
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Early Cubism (1906-1908)
• Primitive
•Conceptual not Perceptual
•Flattened, angular figures
•De-personalization
•Geometric shapes
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Houses at L’estaque
Georges Braque (1906) 26
Les Demoiselles D’ Avignon
Pablo Picasso (1907) 27
Large Nude
Georges Braque (1907-08) 28
Three Women
Pablo Picasso (1907-08) 29
High Cubism (1909-1913)
• Junction of Picasso and Braque
• Tried to eliminate distinctions among works
• Picasso tended to be more linear, angular,
immediate in presentation
• Braque more painterly, lyrical, suave and
cohesive
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Still Life Violin and Pitcher
Georges Braque (1910) 31
The Poet
Pablo Picasso (1911) 32
Dancer in a Café
Jean Metzinger (1912) 33
The Wedding
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Leger (1911-1912)
Guitar
Pablo Picasso (1912-13) 35
Fruit Dish, Ace of Clubs
Braque (1913) 36
Who Made What?
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Late Cubism (1914-1921)
• Elements of collage
• Added to reality of object rather than just
depicting it
• Lightened with color
• Line and color serve as separate functions
• Less distortion of perception
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Woman with a Guitar
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Braque (1914)
Harlequin with Guitar
Juan Gris (1918) 40
Guitar and Clarinet
Juan Gris (1920) 41
Materials
• Cubist artists wanted to have their art emphasize the

flat canvas, to depict the difference between a
painting and reality
• Cubist artists used paint and other materials like
newspaper and fabric (typically used in collages) to
give the art texture
• Early cubist painters used dull, basic paint colors in
their pieces, however, later artists like Léger used
bright colored paints
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Weisman Art Museum
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CUBISM

• Great change came about the early 20th century.

• Fauvism was a large influence. The artists of the

“All nature is made up of the cone, the cylinder, and

The goal for Braque and Picasso’s new movement

• Cubist artists wanted to have their art emphasize the

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