M U LT I - D I M E N S I O N A LJ A N U A R Y 3 0

PA U L C É Z A N N E , T H E B AT H E R S ( 1 8 7 5 )

PA U L C É Z A N N E , T H E B AT H E R S ( 1 8 9 8 - 1 9 0 5 )

H E N R I M AT I S S E , J O Y O F L I F E ( 1 9 0 5 )

H E N R I M AT I S S E , D A N C E I ( 1 9 0 9 )

Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist

(1904)

Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait (1906)

PA B L O P I C A S S O , L E S D E M O I S E L L E S D ’ AV I G N O N ( 1 9 0 7 )

PA B L O P I C A S S O , D R YA D ( 1 9 0 8 )

“ F O R T H E PA S T F I F T Y Y E A R S W E H AV E B E E N T R A I N I N G O U R E Y E S T O R I C O C H E T O F F T H E D E M O I S E L L E S

T O WA R D C U B I S M . A M O R E F O C U S E D A P P R O A C H M AY H A B I T U AT E U S T O S E E I N G P I C A S S O ’ S ‘ N A K E D

P R O B L E M S ’ O N C E A G A I N A S N U D E W O M E N . A N D T H E N T H AT PA R T I C U L A R F I G U R E W I L L B E G I N T O R E G I S T E R O N

T H E P I C T U R E P L A N E L I K E A M U R P H Y B E D H I T T I N G A WA L L , A N D T H E PA I N T E R ’ S I N T E N T I O N W I L L H AV E

B E C O M E A S U C C E S S . ” - L E O S T E I N B E R G , P. 3 3

From the Beyoncé Art History Tumblr

Jaimie Warren, Self-portrait as woman in Les Demoiselles d’Avignon… (2012)

“ A S T H E A C T I O N T U R N S T H R O U G H N I N E T Y D E G R E E S T O C O N F O U N D T H E V I E W E R , T H E P I C T U R E C E A S E S T O B E T H E R E P R E S E N TAT I O N O F A N A D V E N T U R E E N J O Y E D B Y O N E O R

T W O M E N A N D B E C O M E S I N S T E A D A N E X P E R I E N C E O F O U R S , A N E X P E R I E N C E , T H AT I S , O F T H E PA I N T I N G . T H E C H A N G E S E E M S D R A S T I C ; F R O M A N A L L E G O R Y O F M A N M E E T I N G W O M A N , T O T H E A D V E N T U R E O F A C O L L I S I O N

W I T H A R T. ” - L E O S T E I N B E R G , P. 4 5 - 4 6

“ P I C A S S O ' S D E M O I S E L L E S , P I E R C I N G T H I S C U LT U R E D C R U S T, A L E R T S A R E G R E S S I V E

I M P U L S E A N D A C T I VAT E S T H E M O S T I N S T I N C T U A L M O D E O F A D D R E S S I N G

E X P E R I E N C E . ” S T E I N B E R G , P. 4 6

PA B L O P I C A S S O , T W O N U D E S ( 1 9 0 6 )

“ P I C A S S O ' S U LT I M AT E C H A L L E N G E I S T O T H E N O T I O N T H AT T H E C O H E R E N C E O F T H E A R T W O R K D E M A N D S A S T Y L I S T I C

C O N S I S T E N C Y A M O N G T H E T H I N G S R E P R E S E N T E D ; T H AT O N E S T Y L E M U S T O B TA I N I N E V E R Y PA R T O F T H E C A N VA S ,

W H E T H E R T O C O R R E S P O N D W I T H T H E S U P P O S E D U N I T Y O F A N I N S TA N T V I S U A L E X P E R I E N C E O R T O M A I N TA I N

C O N S TA N C Y I N T R A N S F O R M AT I O N ” - L E O S T E I N B E R G , P. 6 1

Emma Sulkowicz, protest performance at the MoMA (February 2018)

“Um if you take [‘Thérèse Dreaming’] out, you pretty much have to remove ALL art from wings of India, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Greece, Rome, Renaissance, Rococo, and Impressionism, German Expressionism, Klimt, Munch, and all Picasso & Matisse. #ArtWorldTaliban” - Jerry Saltz

“Um if you take [‘Thérèse Dreaming’] out, you pretty much have to remove ALL art from wings of India, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Greece, Rome, Renaissance, Rococo, and Impressionism, German Expressionism, Klimt, Munch, and all Picasso & Matisse. #ArtWorldTaliban” - Jerry Saltz

“He submitted them to his animal sexuality, tamed them, bewitched them, ingested them, and crushed them onto his canvas. After he had spent many nights extracting their essence, once they were bled dry, he would dispose of them.” - Marina Picasso, granddaughter of Pablo Picasso, 2001.

“He submitted them to his animal sexuality, tamed them, bewitched them, ingested them, and crushed them onto his canvas. After he had spent many nights extracting their essence, once they were bled dry, he would dispose of them.” - Marina Picasso, granddaughter of Pablo Picasso, 2001.

T H E M O V E T O C U B I S M

Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire (c. 1890)

Pablo Picasso, Brick Factory at Tortosa (1909)

Georges Braque, Houses at

Estaque (1909)

“ T H E P U B L I C H A S R E F U S E D T O S E E W H AT I S R E A L LY T H E R E : A N O B L E A N D R E S T R A I N E D A R T

R E A D Y T O U N D E R TA K E T H E VA S T S U B J E C T S F O R W H I C H I M P R E S S I O N I S M H A D L E F T

PA I N T E R S T O TA L LY U N P R E PA R E D . ” ( A P O L L I N A I R E )

A N A LY T I C C U B I S M

Pablo Picasso, The Aficionado (Torero) (1912)

Georges Braque, The Portuguese

(1911)

Pablo Picasso, Portrait of

Ambroise Vollard (1910)

Pablo Picasso, Girl with

Mandolin (1910)

S Y N T H E T I C C U B I S M

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Chair Caning (1912)

Pablo Picasso, Bottle of Suze

(1912)

Georges Braque, Violin and Pipe (Le Quotidien) (1913)

Pablo Picasso, Guitar (1912-13)

Pablo Picasso, A Glass of

Absinthe (1914)

C U B I S T A R C H I T E C T U R E