Works Cited!

Works Cited

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Cubism

Cubism is another thing that I found interesting because I feel that it is opposite of Pointillism. Cubism is taking an objecct and breaking it down and interpreting it in abstract ways, such as cubes. The pioneers of  this technique are Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Many critics view Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) as the original cubism piece.

In this piece you see five women, but the women are not drawn to detail. The are chopped up into different shapes, which is the definition of cubism. The sharp angles and rough edges give this piece a great shape. Another pioneer piece of cubism is one from Braque named, Houses at L'Estaque (1908). One critic specifically said it looked like he used cubes in his piece to create an image of something else.

                                        

There are two forms of cubism. They are both very different, but use the same techniques. The first one that emerged was named, Analytical Cubism. In this form, artist use shapes to create a recognizable picture. In each piece you can tell what the artist is trying to create with the shapes. In the two examples that I will show you can tell what each is. In Braque's 1908 piece named, Large Nude, you can tell that it is a woman in the piece, and in his 1909 piece, Arlequin, specifically shows a man.  

                                        

Large Nude, 1908

                                     

Arlequin, 1908

The second forms of cubism is Synthetic Cubism, and this took cubism to the heights! In this form, artist used shapes, but also brought other mediums into the piece. They also overlapped different mediums into the piece. The two examples I will show you are from Picasso and Braque. Picasso's, Bowl of Fruit, is very interesting because I can not clearly see a bowl of fruit, but if I look closely in the middle I see a curved shape and a round shape, that could be a banana and an apple. In Synthetic Cubism, more bright colors are used. In Braque's Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe and Glass, he uses each of those mediums into his piece. 

Bowl of Fruit

Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe and Glass

Bailey 

Pointillism..........

    Pointillism is  creating solid color using dots. It is a really amazing thing if you get the chance to see one up close. The pioneer of pointillism is Georges-Pierre Seurat with his world famous painting of Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. (1884-1888)

Seurat proved himself worthy against his competitors with his painting in the 8th annual impressionist exhibit. Other painters were upset and felt challenged to show up his original pointillism painting. 

    Many other painter tried to do pointillism like Seurat, but non are as memorable as him. Camille Pissarro studied with Seurat and created works of art using the techqunies of pointillism as well.

This piece is called, Haying at Eragny. (1889). I find this piece very interesting because it does use techniques of pointillism but instead of simple dots, Pissarro uses small short strokes with his brush to get the bigger picture. I believe it would be difficult to use all of the shades of green that he uses in this piece. The woman is a main focus of the painting because she is the biggest thing and with her red shirt, it contrasts the green and stands out much more. 

    Vincent Van Gogh also painted using pointillism. Van Gogh had a hard, rough life but managed to create simply amazing works of art, my favorite being, Skull with a Burning Cigarette. I like that one because I take it as you smoke, you die. Simple. I like the simplicity of it, as I see it. 

The strokes of his brush are simple and you can see them. I like the simple colors also, of black and browns. It is a great piece. He also, as I said, used pointillism. He created 37 self portraits in a 4 year span and I found that amazing. I found that he created a self portrait using simple dots. This is called Self-Portrait (1887). He also uses short, little strokes to create a bigger picture. 

    I remember in my high school art class during my junior year, I had to do a pointillism piece and it was hard and time consuming  I went crazy easily with all of the little dots. Many times, I had to have my teacher take the original picture and my piece and hold them up away from me to see how I was doing. It turned out great, but two three weeks to make, when I usually took a week to finish a piece. My boyfriend also loves to create art and he has done a great piece of pointillism during a high school art class. He loves trucks and Chevrolet, so he did an engine. It took him four months to make because he wanted it perfect. It was in the Art Fair and it won in the Iowa State Fair. 

                     

350 Chevrolet Engine

Bailey