cubism, a new way of seeing

CubismA new way of seeing!

The Classical Period● Rendering form and beauty

● Creating the illusion of light, shadow, depth and space

● Retelling myths, legends and religious stories through art

Nicholas Mignard, Moliere

in Classical Dress, 1658

Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509

The Industrial Revolution

● Begins around 1760, Cotton Gin - Eli Whitney

● Second revolution around 1840 with steel

production

● Rapid transportation- Steam Locomotive

● Mass publication of artwork

● Paint in tubes- artists are free to leave the studio

and paint in nature

● Changes in values and a break with tradition

● Photography more widely available

● Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelites, Realism, Arts &

Crafts Movement

The Iron Rolling Mill, Adolph Menzel

Romanticism

Turner "The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last

Berth to be Broken Up"

Pre-Raphaelite

Rosetti, Lady Lilith Realism

William Bell Scott, Iron and Coal

The Impressionists Impressionist painting

characteristics include relatively

small, thin, yet visible brush

strokes, open composition,

emphasis on accurate depiction

of light in its changing qualities

(often accentuating the effects of

the passage of time), ordinary

subject matter, inclusion of

movement as a crucial element

of human perception and

experience, and unusual visual

angles.

Claude Monet, Haystacks

(Sunset) 1890-1891

Renoir, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876

Cubism

Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo

Picasso and Georges Braque.

It was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the

20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented

speed. Cubism was an attempt by artists to revitalize the tired traditions of

Western art which they believed had run their course.

The Cubists challenged conventional forms of representation, such as

perspective, which had been the rule since the Renaissance. Their aim was

to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age.

CUBISM:

•Fitting all angles of a three- dimensional object in the same two-dimensional picture!

Self-Portrait

Emily Valenza, 1998