Pablo Picasso was a Spanish
painter and is best now because his cubist movement. He has a wide variety of
styles that are reflected on his pictures. In his early years he paint using
Realism but over the years his style change to cubism. One of his most know works is Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937)
“They are not even allegorical or
symbolical figures” (Andre Salmon, 1912 – Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon)
One of his more representative
and best known work. The picture is about whores where one of them wears a mask
and other woman is pulling a curtain, every woman is in a different position
and draw differently. This painting caused commotion when appeared, not only
for the subject, because prostitution was controversial because how was
represented and as contortion the use of space in painting and the use of
geometric shapes. These works revolutionize the art and develop the beginning
of Cubism.
“Picasso studies an object the way a surgeon
dissects a corpse” (poet, Guillaume Apullinaire)
Picasso takes a person or
ordinary object and redraws the images and transforms them into something
completely different, it gets more interesting and visually intriguing. His
work as a Cubist have something that catches your attention and makes it not
boring, you get interest in his works and try to decipher the message
and understand its meaning.
Picasso's works are interesting to see from
the detail and colors. I think it has an interesting way to break down the
actual shape of objects and figures and recreate geometrically.
Quotations
‘Introduction modernism’
Chris Rodriges/Chris Garratt
(2004) by Icon Books Ltd
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