CUBISM

History

In the early 20th century, this movement influenced most visual art styles. The major people who created this movement were Pablo Picasso a Spanish man (1881-1973) and a French man by the names of Georges Braque (1882-1963).

These artists broke the concept that art should copy nature for example they did not adopt or follow the the traditional techniques of perspective (Sabine Rewald, 2004).

Key ideas/ Characteristics.

-In this period, artists broke the traditions of art. These are the rules of perspective that depicted space  since renaissance. 

-The artists explored different types of form for example space would flow through sharp figures and  objects.

-These cubists used non-art materials. These were abstract structures that were produced in paintings.

-Cubism paved way for the non-object of school and sculpture (The Art Story, 2017).

Cubist example 

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907. (Pablo Picasso.org, 2009)

This painting was done by Pablo Picasso and is the most known example of cubism. Here Picasso broke the traditional representation of art with renaissance period. He portrayed the female bodies in form of distortion and geometric forms in a creative way, which challenged the beliefs of females representation of beauty. In this painting, African art influenced Picasso (Pablo Picasso.org, 2009).

Temporary Art

The boxer by Dylan Jones (Chris Spooner, 2007)

The image above is of a boxer as the title says, it breaks the tradition of art in a way there is no perspective and form especially for his adidas short, it is rectangular. In this image the artist used cool and warm colours to differentiate the front from the back for example, for the legs, red was given to the front one whereas dark green is given to the back one.

Conclusions

To me as a designer, cubism paved a way for me to be able to  do what I want today for example, when I can be able to create an abstract painting or picture and has a meaning or representation hence not following the art tradition.

An example is a logo.

Sources.

Sabine Rewald, 2004. Cubism. Online. Available at:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm

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The Art Story, 2017. Cubism. Online. Available at:

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-cubism.htm

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Pablo Picasso.org, 2009. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso 1907. Online. Available at:

http://www.pablopicasso.org/avignon.jsp#prettyPhoto

Accessed on: 13/03/2017

Chris Spooner, 2007. 30 Modern Examples of Cubism Style in Digital Art. Online. Available at:

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/30-modern-examples-of-the-cubism-style-in-digital-art

Accessed on: 13/03/2017