Picasso and Braque Analytical Cubism 1908 1912 To

Picasso and Braque Analytical Cubism 1908 - 1912

To analyze means to break down something into its component parts.

Purpose • to suggest new ways of understanding how we see the world—through the mind rather than the eye: conceptual rather than perceptual • to question accepted reality • to explore the world according to consciousness

Analytical Cubism: Characteristics • developed a new way of depicting space which involved multiple and mixed perspectives • gave equal importance to the figure and ground because there was no such thing as “one fixed point of view in nature” • was trying to represent the flux of reality

Analytical Cubism: Description • Objects fractured into visual fragments were rearranged so that the viewer would not have to walk through space in allotted time in order to view them in sequence. • Visual segments of the front, back, top, bottom, and sides of an object jump out and assault the viewer’s eye simultaneously.

Subject Matter • landscapes • women with musical instruments • studio still lifes

Pablo Picasso photographed in his studio at 11 Boulevard de Clichy, 1911.

Pablo Picasso. Self-portrait (1907). Oil on canvas. Pablo Picasso. Self-portrait with Palette (1906). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Head of a Woman (1907). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Nude with Raised Arms (summer-autumn 1907) Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Nude with Drapery (1907). Oil on canvas.

Example of bas-relief Pablo Picasso. Friendship (winter 1907 -08). Oil on canvas. Example of bas-relief—shallow relief sculpture Henri Matisse. Back I (1909). Bronze.

Relief Illusion: Sculptural Painting • Cubist paintings brought things closer to the viewer by creating a ‘manual space. ’ • Cubist paintings represented layers of carved or etched surfaces on which the prominent aspects of objects, their peaks or saliences, jutted forward and jostled with each other.

Example of a bas-relief Pablo Picasso. Three Figures under a Tree (autumn 1907). Oil on canvas.

Michelangelo. Slaves (1509). Marble. Pablo Picasso. Three Women (autumn 1907 - late 1908). Oil on canvas.

Paul Cézanne. Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair (1888 -90). Oil on canvas. Pablo Picasso. Woman with a Fan (late spring 1908). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. The Dryad (1908). Oil on canvas. Vesalius. 7 th plate of the muscles from the 2 nd book of De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543).

Georges Braque 1882 - 1963

Photograph of Georges Braque in his studio (early 1912).

Georges Braque. The Landscape of L’Estaque (1906). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Terrace of Hotel Mistral (autumn 1907). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Viaduct at L’Estaque (autumn 1907). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Viaduct at L’Estaque (early 1908). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Large Nude (spring 1908). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Viaduct at L’Estaque (summer 1908). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Landscape (August 1908). Watercolor and gouache.

Houses at L’Estaque photographed by Daniel. Henri Kahhnweiler, 1909. Georges Braque. Houses at L’Estaque (August 1908). Oil on canvas.

William James’ “folding visiting card” experiment (James, 1890, vol. 1, p. 225. Georges Braque. House at L’Estaque (August 1908). Oil on canvas.

William James’ “folding visiting card” experiment (James, 1890, vol. 1, p. 225). Pablo Picasso. Cottage and Trees (August 1908). Oil on canvas.

Paul Cézanne. The Bibémus Quarry (ca. 1895). Oil on canvas. Georges Braque. Trees at L’Estaque (August 1908). Oil on canvas.

Paul Cézanne. Mont Sainte. Victoire as Seen from the Bibémus Quarry (1895). Oil on canvas. Georges Braque. Landscape (autumn 1908). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Harbor (autumn-winter 1908 -09). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Landscape with Houses (winter 1908 -09). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Still Life with Hat (Cézanne’s Hat), winter 1908 -09. Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table (winter 1908 -09). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Carnival at the Bistro (winter 1908 -09). Watercolor and pencil.

Pablo Picasso. Carnival at the Bistro (winter 1908 -09). Gouache. Pablo Picasso. Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table (winter 190809). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque Guitar and Fruit Dish (winter-spring 1909). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Bather (winter-spring 1909). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Woman with a Mandolin (spring 1909). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Landscape with Bridge (spring 1909). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Woman with a Fan (spring 1909). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Harbor in Normandy (May-June 1909). Oil on canvas.

The pictorial relief effect tries to render the instability of the cliff-hugging castle that appears about to tumble down the side of the hill. Georges Braque. Chateau at La Roche-Guyon (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Postcard sent by Picasso and Fernande from Barcelona, May 1909. Pablo Picasso. Factory at Horta de Ebro (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Photo taken by Picasso of Horta de Ebro, 1909 Pablo Picasso. Houses on the Hill, Horta de Ebro (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Photo of Horta taken by Picasso. Pablo Picasso. Mill at Horta (summer 1909). Watercolor.

Photo of Horta taken by Picasso Pablo Picasso. Reservoir at Horta (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Woman with a Vase of Flowers (spring 1909). Oil on canvas. Fernande Olivier

Fernande Olivier Pablo Picasso. Bust of a Woman (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Fernande Olivier Pablo Picasso. Seated Woman (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Fernande Olivier Pablo Picasso. Nude in an Armchair (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Head of a Woman (Fernande Olivier), Autumn 1909. Bronze.

Paintings of Fernande in Picassso’s studio at Horta, photographed by the artist.

Cubist painters rearranged a realistic picture into a flux resembling the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Pablo Picasso. Still Life with Liqueur Bottle (summer 1909). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Le Bock (Pitcher of Beer), autumn 1909. Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Fan, Salt Box, and Melon (autumn 1909). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Violin and Palette (autumn 1909). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Still Life with Mandola and Metronome (autumn 1909). Oil on canvas.

By chopping space and time into little chips, cubism exaggerates the ruffled appearances of reality’s surface as wind does on the water, forcing us to think about what is beyond, behind, and within the surface of the pool. Georges Braque. Mandola (winter 1909 -10). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Violin and Pitcher (winter 1909 -10). Oil on canvas.

Photo of Le Sacré-Coeur. Pablo Picasso. Le Sacré Coeur (winter 1910 -10). Oil on canvas.

Photo of Le Sacré-Coeur. George Braque. Le Sacré-Coeur (winter 1909). Oil on canvas.

Projections on a plane of views of the sixteen fundamental octahedrons Pablo Picasso. Woman with a Mandolin (spring 1910). Oil on canvas.

Camille Corot. Gypsy Girl with Mandolin (1874). Oil on canvas. Pablo Picasso. Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), spring 1910. Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Violin and Candlestick (spring 1910). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Female Figure (autumn 1910). Oil on canvas.

Wilhelm Uhde (photo). Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Wilhelm Uhde (spring-autumn 1910). Oil on canvas.

Ambroise Vollard (photo). Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (spring. Autumn 1910). Oil on canvas. Paul Cézanne. Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1899).

Influences

The Fourth Dimension One dimensional Two dimensional Fourth dimensional Three dimensional

The X-ray • • First whole body x-ray of a living person Skeleton, heart, liver, rings, necklace, bracelet, hatpin, buttonboots with nailed on heels, and a whalebone corset are all visible. William Morton. X-ray photo

The Grid • evoked ideas of the visible layers of the body • means of holding the composition together Grid used as an aid to anatomical drawings

Mapping the World

Mapping the World

The Pop-up book

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (photo). Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (autumn-winter 1910). Oil on canvas.

Projections on a plane of sixteen fundamental octahedrons Pablo Picasso. Buffalo Bill (spring 1911). Oil on canvas.

Projections on a plane of views of the sixteen fundamental octahedrons Georges Braque. Girl with a Cross (spring 1911). Oil on canvas.

Cracking the Code Catching the Ethereal: The World Slipping Away from the Images

Pablo Picasso. The Accordionist (summer 1911). Oil on canvas.

A Clue to Picasso’s Cubist Abstractions A drawing in which a light, realistic sketch of a seated man underlies the dark, cubistic outline. The figure from which he started

Pablo Picasso. The Accordionist (summer 1911). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. The Poet (August 1911). Oil on canvas.

Eva Gouel (Marcelle Humbert), photo. Pablo Picasso. “Ma Jolie” (Woman with a Zither or Guitar), winter 1911 -12. Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. “Ma Jolie” (Woman with a Zither or Guitar), winter 1911 -12. Oil on canvas.

Nothing is agreed upon about this painting. Is it a Portuguese sailor on a boat or an Italian singer performing at a bar? Georges Braque. Le Portugais (The Emigrant), autumn 1911 Early 1912). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Still Life with a Violin (late 1911). Oil on canvas.

Georges Braque. Homage to J. S. Bach (summer 1911). Oil on canvas.

Pablo Picasso. Still Life on a Piano (summer 1911). Oil on canvas.