| The art movement, Cubism, began in 1908 and | | | | In 1912 "synthetic cubism" emerged. Small objects |
| strongly influenced art and sculpture in the early 20C. | | | | were painted over then stuck onto the canvas, and |
| Cubism dissected painted images, then reassembled | | | | superimposed one over another. Brighter colours |
| them as abstract forms. Cubism showed images | | | | replaced the dark, monochromatic scales which were |
| which could be seen from all angles. Subjects were | | | | hard to decipher. |
| painted in cube form, hence the name, Cubism. | | | | Paper replaced paint and was pasted onto canvas |
| French painters, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso | | | | forming an image. Patches cut from newspaper, |
| were foremost in introducing the movement. They | | | | presented images. Paper with woodprint, |
| worked closely until 1914. By 1910 cubism had | | | | advertisements, were more colorful. Sand textured |
| become popular and was known as the"Cubist | | | | canvasses worked with graphite or charcoal forming |
| School." | | | | shadows. |
| Other art movements began and new trends | | | | Copyright. |
| developed. | | | | Margaret Houghton. |
| 'Analytical cubism' displayed surfaces closely | | | | [Not for publication: 'woodprint' or 'woodcuts' were |
| patterned with incomplete lines, which played the | | | | images carved out of wood and pressed onto paper |
| forms against one another. Often the works were | | | | to make an image. |
| painted in the same tone, making it difficult to | | | | The names Pablo Picasso(Spanish) and Georges |
| identify images. Artists left clues, such as a pipe | | | | Braque(French) are the proper names of the two |
| suggested someone smoking; also alphabetic letters, | | | | artists who were involved in Cubism. |
| a newspaper or a bottle of wine. | | | | |