Analytical Cubism

Question 1

Analytical phase

Answer 1

Braque and Picasso realised they were working towards the same direction and decided to work together. Picasso’s concern with shape is liked with Braque’s more painterly approach and is interest in space. Objects were broken up into geometrically shaped areas/ facets. Always based on reality, but the subject became very difficult to recognise. They didn’t want to work abstractly

Question 2

Themes

Answer 2

Still-life’s and portraits

Question 3

Simultaneity

Answer 3

Object was painted from multiple perspectives

Question 4

Space

Answer 4

Flattened. Distinction between background and foreground basically disappears. They were involved in the process of visual investigation, they emphasised the flat quality of the canvas

Question 5

Colour

Answer 5

Did not want to be seduced by it, so they used a rest iced pallet of ochre, browns and greens.

Question 6

Brushstrokes

Answer 6

To enrich the surface they used broken brushstrokes which also distinguished between facets.

Question 7

what is Picasso and Braque start doing to make the panting easier to read

Answer 7

They gave clues, such as a row of buttons or a lock of hair

Question 8

What happed towards the end of the analytical phase

Answer 8

Facets became smaller and the painting became a complex grid or horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines from which the facets were hung.

Question 9

What changed about the canvases

Answer 9

They started to use oval shaped canvases