1. CUBISM Speak connections Picasso’s Still Life with Death’s Head (1907)

2. Cubism defined…  “In Cubism the subject matter is broken up, analyzed, and reassembled in an abstracted form. Picasso and Braque initiated the movement when they followed the advice of Paul Cézanne, who in 1904 said artists should treat nature ‘in terms of the cylinder, the sphere and the cone’” (Delahunt).  “The Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept that art should copy nature, or that they should adopt the traditional techniques of perspective, modeling, and foreshortening. They wanted instead to emphasize the two- dimensionality of the canvas. So they reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms, and then realigned these within a shallow, relieflike space. They also used multiple or contrasting vantage points” (Rewald). Picasso’s Bread, Fruit, and Table (1908)

3. Cubism defined by Melinda…  “Cubism. Seeing beyond what is on the surface. Moving both eyes and a nose to the side of the face. Dicing bodies and tables and guitars as if they were celery sticks, and rearranging them so that you really have to really see them to see them. Amazing” (Anderson 119). Picasso’s Girl Before a Mirror (1932)

4. Cubism connected to contemporary events…  At the turn of the 20 th century, as the global community contemplated the multifarious modern world, artists started representing the world from multiple perspectives. After the shattering events of World War I, Cubists continued to reflect this splintered, modern world in fragments…..through cubism.

5. Cubism Examples…  Picasso’s Landscape with Bridge (1909) Braque’s Violin (1910)

6. Cubism Examples…  Picasso’s Ambroise Voilard (1910) Picasso’s Reservoir Horta (1909)

7. Cubism Examples…  Picasso’s Guernica (1937)

8. Cubism’s connection with Melinda…  Why do you think that Melinda from Speak responds to Picasso’s brand of cubism? Why does Melinda respond to his broken vision of the world? In what ways does she see herself as being broken? [Hint: The mirror and how she describes her old self as a “one-piece talking girl” (Anderson 97).] Picasso’s Houses with Trees (1907)

9. Major Resources  Anderson, Laurie. Speak. New York: Puffin, 2006. Print.  Delahunt, Michael. "Cubism." ArtLex. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May 2010..  Rewald, Sabine. "Cubism." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.d. Web. 21 May 2010..