CUBISM Flashcards
(11 cards)
One of the most influential art movement of the 20th century, Cubism was founded around 1907 and 1908 in Paris by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque with the aim to reject the traditional techniques of perspective and refuting the idea of art as pure imitation of nature.
CUBISM
Two distinct phases
of cubism:
ANALYTICAL AND SYNTHETIC
A Spanish artist and
one of the pioneers of the
Cubist movement. He
began exploring this
revolutionary approach to
art in the 1900s, working
closely with Georges
Braque.
PABLO PICASSO
A French artist and one
of the founders of the Cubist
movement, alongside Pablo
Picasso. He began to
explore cubist ideas in his
paintings from 1908, and
worked closely with Picasso
to develop this innovative
artistic approach.
GEORGES BRAQUE
A cubist painter known for experimenting with
cubism in his artworks. the
first painter that introduced
vibrant color into Cubism
and thereby originated the
trend in Cubist painting
known as Orphism.
Robert Delaunay
Was a Spanish painter
whose lucidly composed still
lifes are major works of the
style called Synthetic
Cubism.
JUAN GRIS
A French painter and
writer known for his Cubist
paintings and his lifelong
commitment to promoting the
Cubist movement
Albert Gleizes
A French painter who was deeply influenced by modern industrial technology and Cubism. He developed “machine art,” a style characterized by monumental mechanistic forms rendered in bold colors.
Fernand Léger
A classic example of Hoffmann’s strict
geometrical lines and the quadratic theme in
his work is the Kubus armchair, designed in 1910.
kubus armchair
Designed by Paval Janák,
1911–1912. Oak, stained walnut. It is
from a set of furniture designed for
historian Josef Borovička.
CHAIR
Designed by Gočár,
executed by Prague Art
Workshops, 1912–1913. Stained oak
veneer and beveled glass
CABINET
