Stages of Cubism

STAGE ONE

Early and Analytic Cubism

Stages of Cubism

Influenced by a desire to portray a 3D object on a 2D surface.

Break away from the use of illusory space based on atmospheric perspective of the Renaissance.

Wanted to preserve the integrity of flat picture plane.

Reorganised pictorial form and space

Interconnecting cuboid facets

Influenced by: Primitivism

Picasso: Iberian and African art for they presented 'rawness and vigour"

STAGE TWO

Facet Cubism- wood

Important works

Portrait of Gertrude Stein, Picasso, 1905

Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, Picasso, 1907

Grande Nu, Braque, 1907-8

Looks carved on the surface

Figures move forward- cool background tones and warm foreground tones

Hatching used to create facets and show direction

Continuation of African influence- mask like faces, striations, 'carved plane'

Multiple viewpoints

Space looks more solid- figure and space more integrated.

Diagonal brushstrokes- different ways

Important works

Nude with Draperies, Picasso, 1907

Harbour in Nomandy, Braque

Woman with a Fan, Picasso, 1908

STAGE THREE

Facet Cubism- glass

Development of simultaneity and an analytical style

Trees and natural forms no longer included

Colour further restricted because it was too difficult to incorporate

When included- sky is faceted

Cezannian neutral palette

Conceptual rather than visible reality- inspire the abstract expressionists

Forms reduced to simple shapes

Important works

Reservoir at Horta, Picasso, 1909

Houses L'Estaque, 1908

STAGE FOUR

Analytical Cubism