They worked with themes such as war and self-portraits.Īlso, the Section d’Or group made its appearance. Monochromatic tones pervade the works, with brown, green and grey predominating.ĭuring this period, artists like Gleizes and Lothe were still influenced by impressionism. The figures are decomposed through the use of different geometric forms. This is the stage of pure cubism and the most difficult to interpret. Georges Braque, 1908, Plate and Fruit Dish, oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm, source Wikipedia Analytical cubism 1909 – 1912 It was heavily influenced by African art, due to the use of simplified figures and forms. The basis of this stage was the work of Cézanne. This is considered to be the initial phase of Cubism, also known as “pre-analytical”. This movement went through different stages during its development. The figures observed in nature are translated to the canvas in a simplified way, either in cubes, spheres, cylinders, etc. Geometric forms fill the compositions but do not cross the threshold of the abstract, but respect the form. The gradations of light and shadow disappear and the colors of reality are set aside. In this way, the object can be viewed from different angles, thus breaking with the contour line and conventional perspective. The detachment from the natural is achieved by decomposing the figure into smaller parts and planes, which are studied in themselves and not in the complete vision of volume. In this sense, cubism is outlined as a mental art that separates itself from the resemblance to nature and begins to give value to the work of art as such. Those who contemplate it can no longer do so passively, but must reconstruct the figures and images in their minds in order to understand it. It creates a relationship between the observer and the artwork.
Still, Both Picasso and Braque decided to ignore the opinions of their many detractors, resulting in subsequent art movements that took many aspects of cubism, such as Dada.Ĭubism rethinks art, forms, perspective, movement, space, volume and color and creates a completely new pictorial and aesthetic language. Girl with a Mandolin 1910, by Pablo Picasso, source Wikipedia It is the definitive separation from traditional painting.
It is an essential trend from which the rest of the European avant-garde movements of the 20th century emerged. The identifying mark of this artistic trend is the use of geometric figures, breaking with the scheme of aesthetic models that preferred perfection in figures and forms. It was an extremely novel style of art for its time It seemed that the masses were not yet ready to leave behind the admiration for the trends of the Impressionist movement to which many artists remained attached, while Picasso and Braque were working hard to develop their philosophy through Cubism. The year 1907 is taken as the starting date with Picasso’s painting Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon). It includes the visual arts, design and literature. Its creators were the famous Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Cubism is the innovative artistic movement that emerged in France in the 20th century, between 19.
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