Picasso Self Portrait 5 th Grade February Art Project West Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program

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Lesson Overview 1 Lesson: Cubism Time:75 minutes Volunteers: 3 Medium: oil pastels Project Overview/Skills – Students will get a feel for cubism by drawing a self portrait and then cutting it up into geometric shapes and repositioning it in the style of Picasso – Vocabulary cubism Resource Prints (cabinets in the library)

Picasso Self Portrait Materials white construction paper- ½ sheet per student black construction paper- ½ sheet per student Crayons – Regular colors – flesh colored crayons Scissors Glue stick Proportions handout- laminated pages – image on next slide if need to print more

Display Once the project is finished, student work should be mounted on colored paper and displayed either in the classroom or in the designated area in the hallway. If there are some who have not finished, please check with the teacher on how they would like to proceed. Do not assume that it ok to continue the project after the allotted time.

Background Info PABLO PICASSO ( ) Picasso was recognized as the inventor of Cubism, along with Georges Braque Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. Cubism has been considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century.avant-garde The movement was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, joined by Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri Le Fauconnier, Fernand Léger and Juan Gris.Georges BraquePablo PicassoJean MetzingerAlbert GleizesRobert DelaunayHenri Le FauconnierFernand Léger A primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of three-dimensional form in the late works of Paul Cézanne.Paul Cézanne In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. The impact of Cubism was far-reaching and wide-ranging. Cubism spread rapidly across the globe and in doing so evolved to greater or lesser extent. In essence, Cubism was the starting point of an evolutionary processes that produced diversity; it was the antecedent of diverse art movements Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907, considered to be a major step towards the founding of the Cubist movementLes Demoiselles d'Avignon

Cubism - The First Style of Abstract Art Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braques. It was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the 20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented speed. Cubism was an attempt by artists to revitalise the tired traditions of Western art which they believed had run their course. The Cubists challenged conventional forms of representation, such as perspective, which had been the rule since the Renaissance. Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age.modern artRenaissance In the four decades from , western society witnessed more technological progress than in the previous four centuries. During this period, inventions such as photography, cinematography, sound recording, the telephone, the motor car and the airplane heralded the dawn of a new age. The problem for artists at this time was how to reflect the modernity of the era using the tired and trusted traditions that had served art for the last four centuries. Photography had begun to replace painting as the tool for documenting the age and for artists to sit illustrating cars, planes and images of the new technologies was not exactly rising to the challenge. Artists needed a more radical approach - a 'new way of seeing' that expanded the possibilities of art in the same way that technology was extending the boundaries of communication and travel. This new way of seeing was called Cubism - the first abstract style of modern art. Picasso and Braque developed their ideas on Cubism around 1907 in Paris and their starting point was a common interest in the later paintings of Paul Cézanne.Paul Cézanne CézanneCézanne was not primarily interested in creating an illusion of depth in his painting and he abandoned the tradition of perspective drawing. Perspective, which had been used since the Early Renaissance, was a geometric formula that solved the problem of how to draw three-dimensional objects on a two dimensional surface. Cézanne felt that the illusionism of perspective denied the fact that a painting is a flat two-dimensional object. He liked to flatten the space in his paintings to place more emphasis on their surface - to stress the difference between a painting and reality. He saw painting in more abstract terms as the construction and arrangement of colour on a two-dimensional surface. It was this flat abstract approach that appealed to the Cubists and their early paintings, such as Picasso's 'Factory at Horta de Ebbo' (1909) and Braque's 'Viaduct at L'Estaque' (1908,) took it to an extreme.

Picasso and Cubism Picasso self portraitThe Three Musicians

Cubist portrait Cubists created a new way of seeing things Showed a model from all sides at once Body shapes were simplified or changed into squares

Abstract Art Timeline Impressionism & Post Impressionism- emphasis on lighting and ordinary subject matters- Cezanne Cubism- objects are broken up and reassembled in abstract form- Picasso & Braque Expressionism- distortion of reality- Klee De Stijl movement- grids, lines, and primary colors- Mondrian Geometric Abstract Art- just shapes- Kandinsky

Today’s Project Cubist self portrait in the style of Picasso Draw portrait Cut it up into geometric shapes Reform portrait in cubist style

Step 1 – Pencil sketch Draw a self portrait Sketch with pencil first – Oval outline – Use proportions as a guide – Facial features Simple is good

Step 2 - Crayon Color your portrait in You can use realistic colors or very bright colors – divide up your portrait into 10 sections BEFORE you color so that each section is a different color

Step 3 – Cut into shapes Cut out portrait from white paper Areas should be large and geometric Each shape should have a recognizable feature in it like an eye or nose Shapes should go to the edge of the portrait, not be ‘holes’ in the middle of a larger shape Cut into approx. 10 pieces Pieces should be a variety of shapes (not all perfect squares) As you cut, put your portrait together normally- you can mix it up after all the pieces are cut

Step 4 – Glue Black paper is your background Arrange shapes to form a cubist portrait You should see black between the shapes Shapes can be – In slightly wrong place – Upside down – rotated