1. CUBISM Art movement of the 20th century
Begun by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braques
Influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne and African sculptural art

2. Cezanne Post-impressionist painter
In his art, Cezanne had a strong insistence on personal expression and on the integrity of the painting itself.
In 1904, Cezanne said artists should treat nature "in terms of the cylinder, the sphere and the cone."
He has been called the father of modern painting.

3. The Railway Cutting, c. 1870

4. The Mount Sainte-Victoire, 1885-95

5. Mount Sainte-Victoire, 1900

6. Mount Sainte-Victoire, 1904-1906

7. Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves, 1904-06

8. The Bend in the Road, 1900/1906

9. Characteristics of Cubism
Simplified forms
Subject matter is broken up, analyzed, and reassembled in an abstracted form
Limited color palette
The key concept underlying Cubism is that the essence of an object can only be captured by showing it from multiple points of view simultaneously

10. Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907
The beginnings of cubism.
Picasso first experiments with seeing the same object, or figure in this case, from various directions.

11. Analytic Cubism
Densely patterned, near-monochromatic surfaces of incomplete directional lines and modeled forms constantly play against one another.
Fragmented objects into their composing parts or facets

12. Pablo Picasso Seated Nude, 1909-1910

13. Braque, Georges Large Nude spring 1908

14. Juan Gris Portrait of Picasso 1912

15. Synthetic Cubism This second phase of cubism, began in 1912
Composed of distinct superimposed parts - painted or often pasted onto the canvas
Brighter colors
Brings many different objects together to create new forms.

16. Pablo Picasso, Bowl of Fruit, Violin and Bottle, 1914
This painting includes elements of collage

17. Georges Braque Still Life, Le Jour, 1929

18. Juan Gris, Still Life, 1917

19. Gris, Juan Bottles and Knife 1911-12

20. Braque, Georges Castle at La Roche-Guyon La Roche-Guyon, summer 1909

21. Georges Braque, The Studio, 1939