Picasso

Question 1

Answer 1

Reliquary guardian figure
Gabon
Early 20th century

Question 2

Primitivism

Answer 2

The incorporation in early-20th- century Western art of stylistic elements from the artifacts of Africa, Oceania, and the native peoples of the Americas.

Used to describe art that not developed by a culture.

Question 3

Cubism

Answer 3

Influenced by post-impressionism and primitivism.

An early-20th-century art movement that rejected naturalistic depictions, preferring compositions of shapes and forms abstracted from the conventionally perceived world.

Showing multiple angles at once.

Question 4

Picasso

Answer 4

Child prodigy - study of a torso. Began with classical studies.

Question 5

Answer 5

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Picasso

Prostitutes

Cubism

Influenced by Iberian sculpture and African masks

Masquerade is a transformative experience and Picasso uses the masks he sees to transform his approach to art.

Men eliminated from composition to force viewer to confront gaze of women.

Question 6

Answer 6

Picasso
Portrait of Gertrude Stein

Influenced by Iberian masks