Lecture 32Pablo Picasso, Family of Saltimbanques (1905)He had mastered the western traditions of drawings by the time he was young, so his work became very experimental.Has a melancholy tone: Portrays the starving, struggling artist.Figures do not have a narrative: no body language, no eye contact. Emotional detachment.Casualness about the composition: has the effect of being un-composed.Edgar Degas, Miss La La (1879)Portrays a famous circus acrobat, hanging from a rope by her teeth.Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)Vaguely references Ingres’s Turkish BathPortrays a brothel scene, which pivotally changed when Picasso broke the picture plane.“Hammers into the space, and lets the pieces fall where they may.”Beginning of cubism: portrays something primitive, and savage. Inspired by African masks and art.Emphasis on these origins brings power.Breaks down western civilization, and re-invents the tradition.Portrays a class image as well: these women are prostitutes, not members of the Bourges. This is not for polite society, and the fact that these people are savage is threatening.Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910)Analytic cubismNo sense of depth, almost monochrome, line does not function as traditionally intended.The Pipes of Pan (1923)Bird Cage (1923)Marcel Duchamp, Nude descending a staircaseMarcel Duchamp, the foiunntsi (24” heof8r0,comRge Bridge streipped by her bachelors, even (1915-23)Pablo Picasso, Guernica (1937)Style returns to cubism.Portrays the waves of destruction after the bombing of Guernica.ARTH 112 1st Edition Lecture 32Pablo Picasso, Family of Saltimbanques (1905)-He had mastered the westerntraditions of drawings by the time hewas young, so his work became veryexperimental. -Has a melancholy tone: Portrays thestarving, struggling artist. -Figures do not have a narrative: nobody language, no eye contact.Emotional detachment. -Casualness about the composition:has the effect of being un-composed. Edgar Degas, Miss La La (1879)-Portrays a famous circus acrobat, hanging from a rope by her teeth. Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907)-Vaguely references Ingres’s TurkishBath-Portrays a brothel scene, whichpivotally changed when Picasso brokethe picture plane. o“Hammers into the space, andlets the pieces fall where theymay.” oBeginning of cubism: portrayssomething primitive, and savage.Inspired by African masks andart. -Emphasis on these origins brings power. -Breaks down western civilization, and re-invents the tradition. -Portrays a class image as well: these women are prostitutes, not members of the Bourges. This is not for polite society, and the fact that these people are savage is threatening. Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910)-Analytic cubism-No sense of depth, almostmonochrome, line does not function astraditionally intended.The Pipes of Pan (1923)Bird Cage (1923)Marcel Duchamp, Nude descending astaircase Marcel Duchamp, the foiunntsi (24”heof8r0,comRge Bridge streipped by her bachelors,even (1915-23)Pablo Picasso, Guernica (1937)-Style returns to cubism. -Portrays the waves of destruction afterthe bombing of
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