Cubism

The art movement, Cubism, began in 1908 andIn 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 reassembledsuperimposed one over another. Brighter colours
them as abstract forms. Cubism showed imagesreplaced the dark, monochromatic scales which were
which could be seen from all angles. Subjects werehard to decipher.
painted in cube form, hence the name, Cubism.Paper replaced paint and was pasted onto canvas
French painters, Georges Braque and Pablo Picassoforming an image. Patches cut from newspaper,
were foremost in introducing the movement. Theypresented images. Paper with woodprint,
worked closely until 1914. By 1910 cubism hadadvertisements, were more colorful. Sand textured
become popular and was known as the"Cubistcanvasses worked with graphite or charcoal forming
School."shadows.
Other art movements began and new trendsCopyright.
developed.Margaret Houghton.
'Analytical cubism' displayed surfaces closely[Not for publication: 'woodprint' or 'woodcuts' were
patterned with incomplete lines, which played theimages carved out of wood and pressed onto paper
forms against one another. Often the works wereto make an image.
painted in the same tone, making it difficult toThe names Pablo Picasso(Spanish) and Georges
identify images. Artists left clues, such as a pipeBraque(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.