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Cubism

Created by Mgr. Jaroslava Študentová

Cubism

Features

show a person or an object from different agnles

geometrical shapes: cones, triangles, cubes, spheres, pyramids, oval, rectangles, squares...

the paintings could be monochromatic - only one colour is used

collage is typical - it was invented by Picasso

Analytical Cubism

the first type of cubism

Most analytical Cubists painted and drew in monochrome (only one colour – grey, blue and ochre) The person who was looking at the

 colour is not important, the shapes and the forms are more important. Colour can disturb the person.

Analytic cubists focused on forms like the  cylinder ,  sphere  and the  cone .

They wanted to represent the natural world.

The work of Picasso and Braque had very similar stylistic features in this period.

This was changed in 1912 when Picasso first started painting with colours and he started to

use collages. Collage is when you glue together different cut-up pieces of paper to make an

artwork.

Czech Cubism

is often called Cubo-cubism

Prague was perhaps the most important center for Cubism outside Paris before the start of WWI

The painters František Kupka (he was more an abstract painter), Emil Filla, Bohumil Kubišta, Antonín Procházka, Vincenc Beneš, and Josef Čapek

the sculptor Otto Gutfreund

the writer Karel Čapek, and the architects Pavel Janák, Josef Gočár, Vlastislav Hofman and Josef Chochol, Jan Kotĕra

in 1918, Czechoslovakia was founded and   Czech Rondocubism appeared in architecture, which was more decorative. It was influenced by traditional folk ornaments.

People (Europe)

Henri Le Fauconnier, Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Leger....

Cubism - when and where

in 1906, in France

Synthetic Cubism

It was developed by Picasso,

Braque,  Juan Gris  and others between 1912 and 1919.

Synthetic cubism uses different  textures ,  surfaces ,  collage  elements,  papier collé  and the topics are also very varied.

Colour was used. 

Picasso invented collage because he was tired of the way he was making his art, and wanted to try out something new. Pablo Picasso created over 20,000 pictures. The years 1912 to 1919 could be called Picasso's Synthetic Cubism Period.

Gallery Cubists

showed their works in privately owned galleries

Picasso and Braque 

Saloon Cubists

They showed their works in public.

They were more interested in   mathematics and philosophy.