- the joint invention of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque
- In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.
- Often the surfaces intersect at seemingly random angles, removing a coherent sense of depth.
- The background and object planes interpenetrate one another to create the shallow ambiguous space, one of cubism's distinct characteristics.
GEORGES BRAQUE
- born on 13 May 1882- Until 1908, he started to paint in cubist style
- he began to work with Pablo Picasso in 1909 and painted in a similar style
- began to use neutral colors and complex geometric patterns (analytic cubism)
- Between 1910 and 1912, Braque started to use a collage (collage: artist take things from everyday life.
Eg:newspaper, fabric, rope etc.)
- After 1914, he started to paint more on still lifes with the used of bright colors and textured surfaces.
The analysis of the design of Georges Braque:
Violin and Pitcher (1910)
Oil on canvas
46 x 28 3/4 in. (117 x 73 cm.)
Elements of design:
- Line: different kind of lines found on this design, mostly is curve and straight lines.
- Shape: is in geometric form.
- Direction: The lines in the direction of vertical gives the feeling of balance, alertness and formality and it also have horizontal lines that suggest calmness and stability. Oblique lines gives the sense of movement in this design
- Size: The size of violin is slightly bigger than the other object, It is this concrete rendering of the space around the highly fragmented objects that gives these paintings a sensation of almost unprecedented complexity.
- Colour: the color palette is monochromatic ( Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue, and extended using its shades, tones and hints.)
Principles of design:
- Balance: It is balance where the design is the mixture of dark and light tone.
- Repetition: Repetiton with different degree of variation.
- Contrast: The contrast achieved almost purely through the shadow and light. This lack of contrasting colours creates a flattening of space and makes the viewer aware of the picture plane.
- Harmony: It looks some complexity in this design and gives a feeling of tension.
- Dominance: The dominance mostly gives to the main object which is the violin. (An obvious clue is the painting's title and upon inspection the viewer can soon find the violin in the foreground and the pitcher somewhere in the midground.)
- Unity: It shows unity in this design where all the objects is related to each other.
- Gradation: It is dynamic, where it from dark tone to light tone and then back to dark tone.
Some of his paintings:
His early painting
Terrace of Hotel Mistral
L'Estaque [and Paris], autumn 1907
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 24 in. (80 x 61 cm.)
Private collection, New York
Principles of design:
- Balance: It is balance where the design is the mixture of dark and light tone.
- Repetition: Repetiton with different degree of variation.
- Contrast: The contrast achieved almost purely through the shadow and light. This lack of contrasting colours creates a flattening of space and makes the viewer aware of the picture plane.
- Harmony: It looks some complexity in this design and gives a feeling of tension.
- Dominance: The dominance mostly gives to the main object which is the violin. (An obvious clue is the painting's title and upon inspection the viewer can soon find the violin in the foreground and the pitcher somewhere in the midground.)
- Unity: It shows unity in this design where all the objects is related to each other.
- Gradation: It is dynamic, where it from dark tone to light tone and then back to dark tone.
Some of his paintings:
His early painting
Terrace of Hotel Mistral
L'Estaque [and Paris], autumn 1907
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 24 in. (80 x 61 cm.)
Private collection, New York
Man with a Guitar
[Ceret, summer 1911]
Oil on canvas
45 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (116.2 x 80.9 cm.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Romilly 99
[Ceret, summer 1911]
Oil on canvas
45 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (116.2 x 80.9 cm.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Romilly 99
Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe, and Glass
1913
Charcoal and various papers pasted on paper
48 x 64 cm (18 7/8 x 25 1/4 in.)
Private collection, New York
1913
Charcoal and various papers pasted on paper
48 x 64 cm (18 7/8 x 25 1/4 in.)
Private collection, New York
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