Cubism was an art movement that was pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the twentieth century, which revolutionized the European art. Cubism influenced a change from the classical artwork. It was important to changing art in the twentieth century because it changed the way people looked and created art away from the classical portraits and landscapes. It was conceived as a “New way of representing the world. ” (No Author, Artist Portfolio. Net [ONLINE] http://www. artistportfolio. net/blog/cubism. htm)
Cubist’s worked differently in their approach to the appearance of the painting, the objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form. Instead of showing objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. One popular technique of this was to combine the past, present and future perspective of the object together which creates a slightly disfigured object, yet a magnificent piece of art that intrigues the viewer and gives an mysterious meaning or look to the artwork.
Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential cubist’s in history not to mention the most famous. He has produced many significant artworks, one being called Friendship. This piece features two persons standing one in front of the other in an analytical form. It demonstrates areas of cool and warm colours to show depth and define areas. Another one of his artworks Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) features ladies with African mask-like faces, giving them a savage and mysterious look. This idea would have come from the original influence of cubism the African tribal art.
This work is one of Picasso’s most famous, and is widely considered to be a decisive work in the early development of both Cubism and modern art. Georges Braque the other founder of cubism, although his painters may not be as famous as his fellow founder Pablo Picasso, his analytical artworks demonstrated strong displacement almost to the point where the original figure is so displace it is hardly visible. One of his most famous pieces titled, Violin and Candlestick, demonstrates this displacement. It shows areas of depth and light and has frequent use of straight and defined edges.
World War 1was a big influence on twentieth century art. It influenced both Braque and Picasso and many artists of the twentieth century and their view of the world, which reflected on their artworks. Cubism has influenced the way modern contemporary art is analyzed, with such programs as Photoshop and many other computer graphics programs and tools, modern art are far from the classical era. Many contemporary arts today are designed from the basis of cubism. Today’s digital imaging programs would have astonished artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Cubism has influenced the way art is demonstrated into today’s society, from the clearly disfigured objects to the more clearly visible pieces; it is truly a magnificent body of art. Picasso’s Friendship and The Young Ladies of Avignon and Braque’s Violin and Candlestick are amazing pieces of work that have really influenced modern art, as we know it. Cubism revolutionized not only European art but also the entire worlds outlook on the way objects are put into perspective and influenced such techniques in modern art such as pop art and impressionism.
Cubism really influenced people’s opinions of art in the twentieth century, moving it away from classical landscapes and portraits to a more sophisticated and mysterious angle on the way of life. Giving more emotion and meaning that classical art could never produce. It really was a “New way of representing the world. ” (No Author, Artist Portfolio. Net [ONLINE] http://www. artistportfolio. net/blog/cubism. htm) Cubism would have to be one of the most, if not the most influential eras art has ever seen and still continues to influence art today.