cubism
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CubismCubism
Cubism was a movement that began in France in the early 20th Century by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French
artist Georges
Picasso Georges
CubismCubism
Cubism rejected the idea of using perspective to create art
as seen in nature. It was geometric and two dimensionalgeometric and two dimensional.
Objects were “broken apart” and the pieces could be viewed
from all sides.
When and what?When and what?• 1906 - 1914• Three stages:
– Early Cubism 1906 – 1909
– Analytical Cubism1909 – 1912
– Synthetic Cubism1912 - 1914
Early Cubism: depiction of the whole structure of the object and its position in space, combining different viewpoints.
The Vase, Bowl, Lemon, Picasso 1907
Analytical Cubism: breaking down of the subject and the space around it into angular planes or facets that record different viewpoints and information; no interest in colour or texture
Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a mantelpiece, Braque 1911
Synthetic Cubism: collages of interlocked fragments of newspaper, wallpaper, and labels with fragments of painting, drawing and writing; colour reintroduced & texture & pattern
Bottle, Glass, Guitar and newspaper, Picasso 1913
Characteristics of CubismCharacteristics of Cubism
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Abstract
Broken Mirror Effect
Rearranged
Geometric
More than one view
Simplified Shapes
AbstractAbstract does not look does not look like real lifelike real life
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Broken Mirror EffectBroken Mirror Effect
RearrangedRearranged
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Geometric ShapesGeometric Shapes
More than one viewMore than one view
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Simplified ShapesSimplified Shapes
Shakir Ali Shakir Ali
Born in 1922, Pakistan
Shakir Ali has spent 12
years, 7 years in Bombay
and 5 in London to learn
classic and modern art.
He came back to
Pakistan in 1952
Shakir AliShakir Ali
Art for Shakir is a meant of expressing his own lonely personality.
It is devoid of sensuousness and sentimentality, and possesses the distilled quality of
brooding in solitude on subjects from life, which only provide point of departure into the
realm of line, tone values and color.
Shakir AliShakir Ali
In the work of such artist, the appearance of recognizable object is cause for confusion among the viewers.
Mansoor RahiMansoor Rahi
Mansoor Rahi has played an instrumental role in
spreading art for the last four decades. His paintings
are unique and take the viewers to a far off land.
Profession: PainterLocation: Islamabad
Born: 1938
Mansoor RahiMansoor Rahi
Mansoor Rahi’s paintings are intricate as they
involve a lot of mathematics.
It is an established fact that Mansoor Rahi does a
lot of calculations before starting any of his
paintings. The mastery is evident in his paintings,
as he is adopted the cubist genre.
Mansoor RahiMansoor Rahi
Rahi is the only artist who took the charge of introducing regular development in cubism after Picasso, who took noticeable development in cubism.