7.2 Scatter/Shatter: Cubism, MOdern Physics, Daily Newspapers, African Masks, Collage, Orphism

Question 1

Answer 1

Cezanne, The Basket of Apples (1893), oil on canvas

Question 2

Answer 2

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d Avignon (1907) oil on canvas

Question 3

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Answer 3

Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending the Staircase (1912) oil on canvas

Question 4

Cubism

Answer 4

In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.

The term is broadly used in association with a wide variety of art produced in Paris (Montmartre, Montparnasse and Puteaux) during the 1910s and extending through the 1920s.

Question 5

Orphism

Answer 5

Orphism or Orphic Cubism, a term coined by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912, was an offshoot of Cubism that focused on pure abstraction and bright colors, influenced by Fauvism, theoretical writings of Paul Signac, Charles Henry and the dye chemist Eugène Chevreul. This movement, perceived as key in the transition from Cubism to Abstract art, was pioneered by František Kupka, Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay, who relaunched the use of color during the monochromatic phase of Cubism.[