Cubism By: Caitlin Shuttlesworth

Timeline.. December 31, 1869: Henri Matisse born October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso born May 13, 1882: Georges Braque born in Argenteuil-Sur-Seine, France 1908: Cubism founded : The first phase of Cubism when both Picasso & Braque were firmly under Cézannes influence : Second Cubist phase, Analytic Cubism, where objects were fragmented & displayed from several angles at once 1912: New phase called Synthetic Cubism where artists reconstruct the space & objects of their works with fragmented forms, was formed when Picasso created his first collage November 3, 1954: Henri died at age 84 in Nice, France August 31, 1963: Georges dies in Paris at age 81 April 8, 1973: Picasso dies in Mougins, France at age 91

Cubism is.. a more modern art movement in which forms are abstracted by using an analytical approach to the object & painting the basic geometric solid of the subject.

Cubist Style.. emphasized the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modeling, and chiaroscuro and refuting time- honored theories of art as the imitation of nature.

Cubist painters.. were not bound to copying form, texture, color, and space; instead, they presented a new reality in paintings that depicted radically fragmented objects, whose several sides were seen simultaneously.

Analytical Cubism is.. where objects are fragmented & displayed from several different angles at once

Synthetic Cubism.. is where artists reconstructed the space & display of their works with fragmented forms

Where it started.. Cubism started in France. Analytical & Synthetic also started in France.

Pablo Picasso Born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881 Died April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France He was referred to as “Picasso” Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who was best known for co-founding Cubism along with Georges Braque Pablo was married twice and had four children by three women

Pablo Picasso Studio with Plaster Head [1925]

Georges Braque Born on May 13, 1882 He was a French painter and sculptor best known for co- founding Cubism with Pablo Picasso He produced many great pieces of art in his life and passed on August 31, 1963

Georges Braque Woman with a Guitar [1913]

Henri Matisse Born on December 31, 1869 in Picardy, France Died on November 3, 1954 in Nice, France Known as the “Master of Color” The Chapel of the Rosary in Venice He was a French artist noted for color and his fluid brilliant and original drawings. “Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.” -Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse Open Window [1905]

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