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ContentsWhat is Cubism? Paul Cézanne Pablo Picasso Georges Braque

Analytic Cubism Examples

Synthetic Cubism Examples Juan Gris Influences

Graphic Design Influences

Cubism

In cubist painting, planes merge and

the distinctions between background

and foreground and between one form

and another become obliterated, as the

object or figure seems to be viewed

simultaneously from various angles.

Orginated in Paris, 1907

Different form of artistic expression.

3-D object that was distorted with layers and planes.

Paintings by Paul Cézanne were influential to Cubist artists.

Events of this time 1905 - “Bloody Sunday” Russian Revolution 1908 - Ford Introduces the Model-T 1909 - Plastic is Invented 1914 - World War I begins

Cubism

Paul Cézanne

Rocky Landscape at Aix (1887)

InfluencedPablo PicassoGeorges Braque Juan Gris

Pablo Picasso

Influenced by Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pierre Bonnard

Arrived in Paris in 1900

He painted decorative, lively representations of Paris night life

Influenced by Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pierre Bonnard

Arrived in Paris in 1900

The Burial of Casagemas (1901)

He painted decorative, lively representations of Paris night life

Influenced by Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pierre Bonnard

Arrived in Paris in 1900

The Absinthe Drinker (1901)

The portrait of Gertrude Stein (1905-1906) is considered one of the pieces that started Cubism for Picasso

Gertrude Stein was a writer and close friend of Picasso

Gertrude Stein (1905-1906)

Influenced by:African Sculpture

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)

Influenced by:African Sculpture

Influenced by:African Sculpture

Georges Braque

Born in Argenteuil, France and he was the son of a house-painting contractor who was an amateur artist

1908 - discovered Cézanne

Arrived in Paris in 1900

Houses at L’Estaque (1908)

1908 - discovered Cézanne

Arrived in Paris in 1900

The windows, doors, and any detail was eliminated

Houses at L’Estaque (1908)

In 1914 Picasso and Braque were practically inseperable.

Together they discovered the Analytic Phase of Cubism

Georges Braque

Analytic CubismViolin and Candlestick (1910)

1908 - 1912Picasso and Braque’s became very similiar during this time.

Breaking down, analysis of form

Right-Angle and Straight-Line construction

1908 - 1912

Picasso and Braque’s became very similiar during this time.

Breaking down, analysis of form

Right-Angle and Straight-Line construction

Sometimes Sculptural

Girl with a Mandolin (1910)Pablo Picasso

1908 - 1912

Picasso and Braque’s became very similiar during this time.

Breaking down, analysis of form

Right-Angle and Straight-Line construction

Sometimes Sculptural Girl with a Mandolin

Common Hues: TanBrownGrayCreamGreenBlue

1908 - 1912

Picasso and Braque’s became very similiar during this time.

Breaking down, analysis of form

Right-Angle and Straight-Line construction

Sometimes Sculptural Girl with a Mandolin

These colors were often used in order to not distract the viewer

Best suited for complex, multiple views of the object

Common Hues: TanBrownGrayCreamGreenBlue

Planes appear to move beyond the surface rather than recede in depthForms are compact and dense, growing larger toward the edges

Planes appear to move beyond the surface rather than recede in depthForms are compact and dense, growing larger toward the edges

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1909-1910)

Pablo Picasso

Planes appear to move beyond the surface rather than recede in depthForms are compact and dense, growing larger toward the edges

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1909-1910)

Pablo PicassoThe Guitar Player (1910)

Man with Guitar (1911)

Georges Braque

Planes appear to move beyond the surface rather than recede in depthForms are compact and dense, growing larger toward the edges

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1909-1910)

Man with Guitar (1911)

Braque’s work tended to be more elegant, less emotional, and less expressive

In this style, three-dimensional objects are represented on the canvas as two-dimensional abstractions called facets

Analyzes solid forms and then transfers then to canvas through flat facets that represent the subject from multiple views

Ma Jolie

Pablo Picasso

Analytic Cubist paintings are rife with references to music, which was widely considered by painters to serve as an aesthetic model for abstract painting.

Graphic designers later used Analytic Cubism, they had to make adjustments that would allow for the commercial message to be easily grasped by the viewer.

Synthetic Cubism

1912-1919

Juan Gris was also highly influential

Emphasize the combination, or synthesis, of forms in the picture

Color has a strong role

Newspapers or tobacco wrappers were used with painted areas.

Often used a brighter color palette than Analytic

Collage What is reality and what is illusion?

Picasso and Braque adopted this style as well as analytic

Braque became less dependent on physical reality and started to break down objects

Pieces of several objects and arranged them in a new combination

Georges BraqueThe Clarinet and Bottle of Rum (1911)

Braque became less dependent on physical reality and started to break down objects

Pieces of several objects and arranged them in a new combination

Georges Braque

Glass, Carafe and Newspapers (1914)

Simulated the look of texture Wood Marble

Used different material Cloth Wood

Braque became less dependent on physical reality and started to break down objects

Pieces of several objects and arranged them in a new combination

Glass, Carafe and Newspapers (1914)Fruit Dish and Glass (1916)

Simulated the look of texture Wood Marble

Used different material Cloth Wood

Georges Braque

Pablo Picasso

Picasso uses flat planes in order to reconstuct the impression of a visible world

Color was much greater and widely used

Three Musicians (1921)

Pablo Picasso

Picasso uses flat planes in order to reconstuct the impression of a visible world

Color was much greater and widely used

Glass Bottle of Suze (1912)

Three Musicians (1921)

Picasso has pasted an actual label on to his synthesized abstract bottle

The new medium of collage later used by Graphic Designers

Pablo Picasso

Papier collé means pasted paper

Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper (1913)

Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper (1913)

Pablo Picasso Guitar (1913)

Papier collé means pasted paper

Juan Gris

Arrived in Paris in 1906

Bateau Lavoir, a tenement that housed many painters, critics, and poets, and there he met Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and many other artists.

Gris produced his first cubist paintings in 1911-1912; they were influenced by the analytic works of Braque and Picasso

Arrived in Paris in 1906

Bateau Lavoir, a tenement that housed many painters, critics, and poets, and there he met Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and many other artists.

Gris produced his first cubist paintings in 1911-1912; they were influenced by the analytic works of Braque and Picasso

Guitar and Flowers (1912)Juan Gris

Juan Gris

Portrait of Picasso (1912)

Juan Gris

The Sunblind (1914)

After 1913, he completely converted to Synthetic cubism

Juan GrisGuitar, Glasses, and Bottle (1914)

Gris’s early collages are frequently richer in detail and bolder in color than contemporary collages of Picasso and Braque,

Synthetic Cubism Influence on American Artists

Lucky Strike (1921)

Stuart Davis American Cubist

Lucky Strike (1921)

Man Ray American Artist

The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself with Her Shadows (1916)

“Synthetic Cubism created a second alternative for artists and designers looking for a structured abstract language with which they could experiment.”

Analytic CubismSynthetic Cubism and Graphic Design

Graphic Designers were never integrated into the Cubist movement itself, in later years its formal innovations would open up several exciting new stylistic avenues.

Pablo Lobato

Analytic and Synthetic Cubism influenced graphic design through the use of collaging and the use of a grid.

The idea of taking an object and distorting it, adjustments were often made for commercial use so the viewer would understand the message clearly.

The fundamental stylistic elements derived for abstract painting by Cubists and others would have a substantial impact on graphic design.

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