Cubism


CUBISM


Cubism began in Paris around 1907. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are considered the fathers of this movement, other artists of this movement who are not that recognised are:

 Fernand Leger
Piet Mondrian
Sir Jacob Epstein
Juan Fris.  
(Cubism. 2017).  


Pablo Picasso,  Femme au chapeau. 1962.

Cubism rejected portraying figures or objects from only one point of view, Cubist artists wanted to capture multiple viewpoints in one picture plan (Cubism. 2017). Cubism as a form of abtsract art, the figures and objects are represented geometrical shapes. "Cubism made it possible for us to be designers today" (Daandrey S. 2017), in other words if it wasn't for cubism we would probably would not have what we know today as: logos, and different kinds of signs.






Kadi Sabi, Jean, 2017.



In the above image similar to cubism Sabi also represents his figure in an abstract way, He also utilizes geometric shapes, but Sabi's work is not "fully cubist" if Cubism could be measured on a scale of 1 to 10 his work would be 5. And unlike cubist artists Sabi does not use paint or colours.











sources consulted

Cubism . 2017. Cubism . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.artmovements.co.uk/cubism.htm. [Accessed 14 March 2017].

The Art Story. 2017. Cubism Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-cubism.htm. [Accessed 14 March 2017].

Comments

  1. D.Steyn12 April 2017 at 05:02

    Thank you for your submission. Your discussion about cubism could have been a lot more developed. When doing your assignments please don’t reference me. You are required to prove that you can do your own research and not just reiterate what I said in class. AS for your choice of artwork I would have preferred it if you has chosen examples from either Analytical or Synthetic cubism. The work you chose is from Picasso’s later works, and is somewhat more in line with Surrealism than cubism proper. Your discussion of the contemporary wok makes very weak attempt at describing the influences of cubism.

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