CUBISM

The world never looked the same again

Today we will learn….

• About why Cubism was so important.• Who were the main Artists involved.• What is meant by Analytical and Synthetic

Cubism.• How Cubist paintings, drawings and collages

were made.• How to draw in the Cubist way.

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braques

“The things that Picasso and I said to one another during those years will never be said again, and even if they were, no one would understand them anymore. It was like being roped together on a mountain.”

Picasso and Braque met in 1907. They both lived and worked in the same area of Paris. They were close and competitive.

Analytical Cubism Synthetic Cubism

Keywords

• Angles• Form• Structure• Jigsaw• Viewpoints• Fragments• Composition

What objects can you see in this picture?

Use 3 describing words to explain about the composition.

How many objects can you spot in this picture?

What do you notice about the color of the lines, and the patterns and textures?

What do you think these circles are?

What viewpoint are we looking at from here?

What is this pattern?

How many patterns can you see?Describe the newspaper.

Tell me 3 things you notice about the colours in this picture

Why do you think the artists keep using the newspaper in their work?

Write down 3 describing words about the lines in this picture

Task 1

Drawing – before we can start our paintings, we need to plan properly by drawingWe need to push ourselves to draw like Picasso and BraqueThis means trying new things!

•We will draw the same objects from different viewpoints•We will stand up and move around an object, and look at it from above, and draw what we see•We will overlap lines•We will divide up objects into geometrical shapes•We will enlarge some parts of objects and shrink others!