Today we reviewed the last three weeks of the semester.

The second quiz will be on Wednesday, October 29.

Todays class focused on cubism and the work of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. We discussed how cubism was a synthesis of the influences of non-western art (African masks and Iberian sculpture) and the late work of Paul Cezanne.

Pablo Picasso "Young Girls of Avignon" 1907

Our primary discussion was about one aspect of the cubist style known as analytical cubism.

Georges Braque "The Portuguese" 1911

We discussed how Braque and Picasso worked simultaneously (and practically identically) on this new style and began to change what a work of art could be by breaking with the tradition of illusionistic painting.

Pablo Picasso "The Accordionist" 1911

This early form of cubism was an overall concern with form and playing with the “reality” of what painting on a two-dimensional surface could be.

Next class we will continue our survey of cubism and its influence on other art and artists.

Viewings:

• Slides from Lecture 13

Readings:

• Chapter 10: Cubism