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Final Essay - Pablo Picasso
There are many artists who have contributed to the different artistic styles and
architecture that exists in the current world. Those artists are generally known for
achieve great feats and make advances in their specific style of art, which has opened the
door to many other artists to make their own contributions and create new styles
of art. One of these artists was Pablo Picasso, known by many as the father of
cubism. Picasso, who has influenced the world with his art and legacy, has revolutionized the
concept of avant-garde with its ingenious invention of cubist art.
The name Pablo Picasso is known by millions of people around the world,
but what makes it so special? Why does its art attract so much attention? The answer is
simple; their extraordinary artistic talents and creative mind shaped the arts
forever, in fact their artistic ideologies influenced many other types of art.
Picasso was not only a painter, he was a sculptor, ceramist, stage designer, poet, and playwright.
he shared his works with many. Born in Malaga, Spain, he began to show his
artistic skills at an early age focusing on painting in a way
naturalist. I continue practicing styles like this for several years but until
he began to study the fauvist painter Henri Matisse. Matisse influenced Picasso to
explore outside of their familiar naturalist ideologies and experiment with more styles
radicals, which led to several of his artistic periods, including cubism.
Cubism is one of the many art styles that exist, in fact, a great
Some of the artistic styles seen today are derived from the characteristics of cubism.
The analytical and synthetic nature of cubism helps to define it as one of the styles
the most important artists. Picasso, the father of Cubism, began the journey of creation of
this movement in the early 1900s. The origins of this specific movement have
what to see with the change of visual reality and the experimentation with contours
geometric, which ultimately led to other abstract styles such as constructivism and
the neoplasticism. The art scholar and author, Polyxeni Potter, said: "Cubism allows
the artist expresses what Albert Einstein defined in 1905 in his theory of relativity: a
new sense of time, space, and energy in which the figures in motion
become an extension of the environment of which they are indistinguishable." It is said that Picasso
he was influenced to create this revolutionary movement of art after having
studied the art of Paul Cezanne and the highly stylized African tribal masks.
Cezanne's paintings were typically made with different viewpoints, which
I inspire the emphasis on using singular planes in cubism.
Cubism can be classified into two different phases, analytical cubism and
synthetic cubism. Analytical cubism was the initial phase that lasted until around 1912,
where there are many flat plans that overlap each other. The image is usually more
dense towards the center of the painting where all the angles and planes overlap. There is no
a variety of color the analytical phase is monochromatic. It is said that the lack of color
helps the viewer focus on the true meaning of the painting. Cubism
synthetic, on the other hand, was an experimental form of art, where artists like Pablo
Picasso began to use brighter colors, simpler shapes, and more lines.
clear. After this movement, which lasted around 1914, it was considered the peak.
from the vanguard, or in other words, was revolutionizing the vanguardism and advancing
in the arts.
A famous painting of hers known for its dark and gloomy truth is called 'Guernica.'
Picasso was inspired by the news of the German aerial bombing of the Basque city. It is a
representation of a cruel and dramatic situation and the emotions and pain in the heart
Picasso is depicted in this painting. Anthony Blunt, a scholar of Guernica, says that the
the painting consists of two distinct groups which are the first, the animals, and second,
human beings.
The life of Picasso can be traced through his works of art. He had six major
artistic movements that were influenced by their current lifestyles. By
example, his first great artistic period is known earlier as the 'Blue Period',
which takes its name from the overwhelming shades of blue and green in its
paintings. At the beginning of his career, Picasso had moved to France to
to continue his dream of being a renowned artist. In those years of living in France,
I experienced poverty and the many beggars I saw during that time period.
while living in Barcelona and Paris. A famous painting of his during the Blue Period is
called 'The Old Guitarist', which was completed in 1903. When viewed closely, one can
see the blue and green tones in the gloomy painting of an old haggard man playing his
guitar. Other artistic periods include the Rose Period, the African Period,
Analytic Cubism, Synthetic Cubism, and Neoclassicism and Surrealism.
Pablo Picasso is still considered one of the greatest artists to have ever lived.
the planet. In an article in 'Life' magazine, it was said: "For the past 25 years, it has dominated the
modern European art, its enemies say it has been a corrupting influence. With the
same violence, his friends say he is the best living artist. Picasso brought to life the
Spanish painting and sculpture will always be remembered for their artistic movements.
that are still considered an important part of avant-garde and a catalyst for
help the arts to advance.
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