Cubism

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Sonia parveen

CubismCubism

Cubism was a movement that began in France in the early 20th Century by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French

artist Georges

Picasso Georges

CubismCubism

Cubism rejected the idea of using perspective to create art

as seen in nature. It was geometric and two dimensionalgeometric and two dimensional.

Objects were “broken apart” and the pieces could be viewed

from all sides.

When and what?When and what?• 1906 - 1914• Three stages:

– Early Cubism 1906 – 1909

– Analytical Cubism1909 – 1912

– Synthetic Cubism1912 - 1914

Early Cubism: depiction of the whole structure of the object and its position in space, combining different viewpoints.

The Vase, Bowl, Lemon, Picasso 1907

Analytical Cubism: breaking down of the subject and the space around it into angular planes or facets that record different viewpoints and information; no interest in colour or texture

Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a mantelpiece, Braque 1911

Synthetic Cubism: collages of interlocked fragments of newspaper, wallpaper, and labels with fragments of painting, drawing and writing; colour reintroduced & texture & pattern

Bottle, Glass, Guitar and newspaper, Picasso 1913

Characteristics of CubismCharacteristics of Cubism

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Abstract

Broken Mirror Effect

Rearranged

Geometric

More than one view

Simplified Shapes

AbstractAbstract does not look does not look like real lifelike real life

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Broken Mirror EffectBroken Mirror Effect

RearrangedRearranged

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Geometric ShapesGeometric Shapes

More than one viewMore than one view

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Simplified ShapesSimplified Shapes

Shakir Ali Shakir Ali

Born in 1922, Pakistan

Shakir Ali has spent 12

years, 7 years in Bombay

and 5 in London to learn

classic and modern art.

He came back to

Pakistan in 1952

Shakir AliShakir Ali

Art for Shakir is a meant of expressing his own lonely personality.

It is devoid of sensuousness and sentimentality, and possesses the distilled quality of

brooding in solitude on subjects from life, which only provide point of departure into the

realm of line, tone values and color.

Shakir AliShakir Ali

In the work of such artist, the appearance of recognizable object is cause for confusion among the viewers.

Mansoor RahiMansoor Rahi

Mansoor Rahi has played an instrumental role in

spreading art for the last four decades. His paintings

are unique and take the viewers to a far off land.

Profession: PainterLocation: Islamabad

Born: 1938

Mansoor RahiMansoor Rahi

Mansoor Rahi’s paintings are intricate as they

involve a lot of mathematics.

It is an established fact that Mansoor Rahi does a

lot of calculations before starting any of his

paintings.  The mastery is evident in his paintings,

as he is adopted the cubist genre.

Mansoor RahiMansoor Rahi

Rahi is the only artist who took the charge of introducing regular development in cubism after Picasso, who took noticeable development in cubism.