-no single point of perspective

-Multiple viewpoints seen simultaneously

-reduction of forms to basic shapes

-fragmented forms defined by angled lines and planes, and geometric shapes

-integration of figure and background; intersection of planes

-“representation and antinaturalistic”

-Neutral palette; monochromatic

-rational v. emotional

-very conscious of lines and angles

 (intersecting each other/over each other)

E.g. Georges Braque, Violin and Palette, 1909-10

 *Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, June-July, 1907, o/c, 8’ x 7’8”, MOMA

-streetname- where many brothels took place

-this work is expressionistic, cool and warm tonalities

-sexually aggressive women

-very disorienting and startling – the way the faces are rendered

-treatment of nose and chin

-the way these women are depicted, the same inspiration is at place

-archaic art

-inspiration from African masks

-not cubism, but getting us to the point so we can see how he is going to go a step further

-5 women’s geometric shapes correspond to background

-Picasso went through a huge process to make this painting

-curtain broken down in angular

-Medical Student, Sailor, and Five Nudes in a Bordello, (study for Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon) March-April 1907

-women very exaggerated, squatting position, turning head like an owl

*Georges Braque, Violin and Palette, 1909-1910, o/c, 36 x 16”, Guggenhei

-Analytic Cubism 1909-11 

-      W/ Picasso: artistic marriage

-      -go over to each other’s houses every other day to see what the other is looking at

Loved American cowboys

-stopped signing paintings at one point

-Picasso always perceived as a leader

-however Braque came up w/ many of the ideas but Picasso took it to the next level

*Braque, The Portugese (The Emigrant), 1911, o/c, 46 x 32”, Basel

Compared to Girl With a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier)1910

-Picasso focuses more on humans

-Braque not so much

-Braque more interested in space or the way the elements are placed into space

-Picasso using colors to show person is sort of part of the backdrop but yet still separate

-Braque man holding accordion, rope on boat in the harbor, stenciled letters integrated into composition

-Braque uses texture to add to the composition

*Picasso, Still Life with Chair Caning, oil and oilcloth on canvas edged in rope, 1912, 10 x 14”,
Picasso Museum, Paris

Synthetic Cubism 19120-1914

-looks so realistic- woven caning

-using robe as frame

-JOU

-fragmented glassware

-read a newspaper and drink in café

-reference to a game, pun the JOU

-what is real and what is an illusion