CUBISM
20th century avant garde art movement, one of the most influential art movements which subsequently inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture.
Founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, the basis of this style is breaking up, analyzing and re-assembling the desired objects and transferring it into a two-dimensional art piece on a canvas.
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| Braque |
candlestick and playing cards on a table
This piece is very geometrical in nature which means that the emphasis is on the line and shape of the objects in the piece.
The lines are generally straight and simple shapes are used to depict the objects in the piece.
Braque played with values in terms of certain areas of the piece have different shadings which gives a sense of dimension to the piece.
Neutral earthly colours are used such as brown, orange, blue, and grey.
The texture of the piece is created to give out a sense of metallic and rough feel to the entire piece.
The alignment of the pieces is placed in a way that the focus is in the middle while the outer part of the artwork seems a little less crowded.
The proportion of objects are asymmetrical due to the nature of the art movement however it complements the overall presentation of the art piece because your eyes are not fixed at just one part of the art piece but the entire painting but also there is a focus point for the viewer’s eyes.
The lines are generally straight and simple shapes are used to depict the objects in the piece.
Braque played with values in terms of certain areas of the piece have different shadings which gives a sense of dimension to the piece.
Neutral earthly colours are used such as brown, orange, blue, and grey.
The texture of the piece is created to give out a sense of metallic and rough feel to the entire piece.
The alignment of the pieces is placed in a way that the focus is in the middle while the outer part of the artwork seems a little less crowded.
The proportion of objects are asymmetrical due to the nature of the art movement however it complements the overall presentation of the art piece because your eyes are not fixed at just one part of the art piece but the entire painting but also there is a focus point for the viewer’s eyes.
The hierarchy of the art piece are pretty much obvious in a sense that each geometrical shape is placed on top of each other creating a unified shape.
The usage of the geometrical shapes are very much balance in terms of focusing the centre part of the piece while the outer part are less crowded.
In terms of proximity wise, each shape are very close to each other almost crowding the entire piece but yet giving a sense of unity.
There is pretty much a lot of repetition in terms of the geometrical shapes and different scale was used in terms of the size of the shapes.
| Picasso |
le guitariste
This art piece is similar to the previous one in terms of the straight lines and geometrical shapes.
Different values were used to highlight certain areas as well as define the overall piece.
Earthly colours were used such as grey and different shades of brown.
Again the artist gave a metallic kind of texture by giving a rough texture.
The alignment of shapes seems disorganized but it was meant to be to create the abstract representation of a guitarist which also explains the different proportion of shapes used as well.
Because of the different components of the art piece, it gives the audience’s eyes freedom to roam around the art piece.
The complex placement of shapes in a weird hierarchy patterns in this art work seems a little too overwhelming at first but slowly you will begin to see the artist’s intention.
The balance is more obvious in this art piece although it’s asymmetrical and yet it gives a sense of a well-rounded piece.
Each shape are very close to each other with a lot of repetition in terms of the usage but the unity of all the shapes brings the entire piece together into one complex yet simple art piece.
DE STIJL
Translated from Dutch “the style”, also known as the neoplasticism or the new plastic art movement.
Founded by Theo Van Doesburg, de stijl emphasizes a lot on the essential forms and colours, in other words, simplicity to its core.
Most of the art work within this movement are restricted to primary colours along side with black and white which goes along the line of simplicity
Obviously the art piece only has lines in it and the only shapes recognizable are squares and rectangles.
There are no values in the art piece however three main colours were used which are the primary colours.
There is no texture but the alignments of each line are placed in a way to show some kind of proportions.
Your eyes are directed to the three spots where the primary colours are.
There is not much hierarchy to this art piece due to its simplicity nature however there are some kind of balance.
The proximity of each box are well organized as well as the repetition of the distance.
There is a variety of scale in terms of the size of each box and there is a sense of unity in the entire art piece
