Learning Objectives

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• Lesson Six
• Create images in the style of Calder
• Finish Calder/ Brancusi critical study
• Homework
• Use the Pablo Picasso reading sheet to create
  your own critical study on Pablo Picasso
• This could be a combination of pictures and words
• OR
• Bullet points
• OR
• An essay
• Make sure it starts on the page where you have
  done the Picasso reproduction

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Learning Objectives

• 1. To learn about the artwork of cubist artists
  Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Juan Gris
  including their style and influences.
• 2. To know key differences between analytical and
  synthetic Cubism

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Learning Outcomes

• To take notes and be able to answer questions
  about the artists and their work
• 2. To be able to tell the difference between an
  Analytical Cubist painting and a Synthetic Cubist
  painting by knowing some of their key
  characteristics
• 3. To develop an introcution page to cubism and
  develop your own piece of work in the style Cubism

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Ready to write notes on Cubism

• Ensure you have a Cubsim Question sheet
• Answer the questions in note form when the answer
  is presented to you within the Powerpoint
• Notes are keywords and dates not long sentences

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Cubism
Approximate dates 1908 -1914
This was a revolutionary and new style of
painting developed by the artists and close
friends Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque
Picasso Spanish 1881 - 1973
Braque French1882 - 1963
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Why did Cubism come about.
Since the Renaissance artists developed ways to
draw using perspective and for hundereds of years
artists tried to make their work look as real to
life as possible
Fra Angelico The Annunciation 1450
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Why Did Cubism come about

• Invention of Photography - The first Kodak
  camera was put on sale in 1888 and in 1900 the
  Brownie camera was put on the market allowing
  snapshot photography to develop

Because the camera could now create exact images
of the real world was there such a need to try
and achieve this in painting?
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Cubist artists sort to create something new in
their art

• Photographs and paintings showed a scene or
  object from one viewpoint.
• Picasso and Braque didnt think this was a
  truthful way to represent an object so they
  started showing multiple viewpoints in one
  painting

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Why did Cubism come aboutPicasso and his
influences
1904 Exposition held in Paris (showcased African
art)
African Mask
Egyptian art
Les Desmoiselles DAvignon 1907
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Why did Cubism come aboutBraque
Georges Braque had worked independently of Pablo
Picasso and had developed a very similar style,
fracturing the picture plane into intersecting
planes. It was Braques paintings at LEstaque
that Louis Vauxcelles had seen which inspired the
term Cubism
Braque Houses at LEstaque 1908
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Why did Cubism come aboutBraque influenced by
Cezanne
1907 Great Cezanne Memorial exhibition is held
Braque Houses at LEstaque 1908
Cezanne Mont St. Victoire seen from Les Lauves
1902-1906
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Analytical Cubism (1908 - 1912)

• 1. Multiple Viewpoints Objects were shown
  from multiple points of views at the same time
• 2. Limited colour mostly browns, greens,
  black and grey
• 3. Overlapping parts of the image overlap
  each other
• Shallow space very shallow fractured space
• Lettering They introduced stencilled lettering

Braque Harbor 1908-09
Picasso Guitar Player 1910
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Synthetic Cubism (1912-1914)
Picasso Still Life with Chair-Caning 1912
Juan Gris Guitar on a Chair 1912

• Color is introduced
• Collage is invented by picasso (adding real
  objects e.g. fabric and newspaper)
• Texture Use of real and simulated textures
  (Grattage scratching back or into paint or
  pastel to reveal other layers Frottagerubbing)
• Charcoal is used extensively and less paint.

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Synthetic Cubism Cont.

• 5. Lettering is used more frequently
• 6. Flatter Space is much flatter
• 7. Bare Canvas Tended to leave areas of bare
  canvas showing
• Sand is added to make a three dimensional texture
• Papier-Colle- cutting out paper in the shape of
  objects

Braque Still Life on a Table 1914
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Juan Gris 1887 - 1927 (Spanish painter who
lived and worked in France most of his life)

• Juan Gris was friends with Picasso and Braque. He
  developed the style of Cubism further through use
  of bolder colours and papier-colle a technique
  of cutting coloured paper into the shape of the
  object rather than drawing it.
• Gris was good friends with Matisse who may have
  influenced his bolder use of colour

Still Life with Fruit Dish and Mandolin, 1919
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Analytical or Synthetic Cubism?
Juan Gris The Open Window 1921
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Analytical or Synthetic Cubism?
Braque Castle at La Roche Guyon 1909
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Analytical or Synthetic
Juan Gris Glass of Beer and Playing Cards, 1913
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Analytical or Synthetic Cubism?
Juan Gris Musicians Table 1914
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Analytical or Synthetic Cubism?
Pablo Picasso, oil on canvas, 1909
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Analytical or Synthetic Cubism?
Picassos Glass 1911
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Analytical or Synthetic Cubism?
Juan Gris The Guitar 1918
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Analytical or Synthetic?
Juan Gris The Sunblind 1914
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Fly Swat Plenary
Synthetic Cubism
Georges Braques
Juan Gris
Collage
Pablo Picasso
Analytical Cubism
Camera
African Art
Cezanne
Matisse
Browns, greens, grey and black
Still lifes, bottles, guitars
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Ready to create Cubist drawing

• Look at you Making a Cubist Picture
• Sheet and follow the step by step instructions
• Watch the Demo if you are confused about the
  process
• Look at the different examples in the books
  provided and use your copy of an outcome to help
  you develop your work

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Finalising the task

• Present your cubist drawing on a prepared
  background with the title CUBISM
• Evaluate your work
• Ensure you have a written piece on what is
  Cubism
• (read your Cubism question sheet that you write
  the answers to during the first intro lesson)
• Ensure your Pablo Picasso written critical study
  with an image of his work is also presented with
  your work