C4: 1900-36 Flashcards
Mark Antliff, Cubism and Culture 2001, quote cubism evoking through abstraction
“evoked through limited colour range and shifting perspectives”
“detached in its basic principles from all conscious intention”
Mark Antliff, Cubism and Culture 2001
“sometimes suggesting the volumes of the subject and sometimes denying them”
David Cottington, Cubism 1998, talking about The Portuguese 1911 by Braque
David Cottington, Cubism 1998, Braque perspective quote (to be used for Houses at L’Estaque)
“Braque pushes the juxtaposition of different perspectives to the point of contradiction”
“radical syntax of angular facets”
David Cottington, Cubism 1998- quote about Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907
What date is Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon made
1907
What date is Picasso’s Ma Jolie made
1912
What does Ma Jolie show?
- Woman thought to be his partner holding a guitar
- Similar to “Girl with a Mandolin” 1910
- Limited colour range, melding foreground and background
- Words Ma Jolie printed at bottom as well as a musical note + harsh brushstrokes= industrialisation
- Ma Jolie is a reference to the refrain of a popular Parisian song but also his nickname for his lover
What date was Delaunay’s Champ de Mars painted
1911
What date was Braque’s Fruit dish and glass made
1912
What date was Braque’s The Portuguese made
1911
What material does Braque use in fruit dish and glass and how is it effective
- Faux-bois (fake paper), oil paper which is painted to look like wood used on furniture
- Doesn’t make sense that the wooden background is more detailed than the foreground which is scribble
What date was Picasso’s Seated Nude made?
1909
What is (and what is an example of) orphic cubism?
Le Champ de Mars is a great example of the oversaturated tones the fauvists used which orphic cubism was inspired by
What date was Bottle of Suze by Picasso made
1912
Who was the art critique which the Fauves and the Cubists garnered nicknames from?
Louis Vauxelles, he called the Fauves “Wild Beasts” and called Houses at L’Estaque “little cubes” (hence, naming the Cubists)
What is analytical cubism and what is an example of this?
Abstraction of traditional portraiture and still life, Ma Jolie and Les Demoiselles are some good examples
What is synthetic cubism and what are some examples?
use of mixed media to create spaces even flatter than with analytical cubism. great examples include Bottle of Suze and Fruit dish and glass
What date was Paul Cezanne’s bathers made
first exhibited 1906
What date was Paul Cezanne’s Viaduct at L’Estaque made
1882
Jonathon Jones, Pablo’s Punks 2007, Demoiselles angular quote
“There is scarcely a curve to be seen, elbows sharp as knives (…) triangle breasts”
What date was girl with a mandolin by picasso made
1910