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A 10 page paper which examines the artistic movement known as Cubism from its beginnings until now. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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and mutual sources of inspiration laid the groundwork for what was later rather simplistically dubbed as "Cubism." In reality, Cubism was anything but simplistic. It was a radical
and innovative style that would forever change the way people looked, responded to and thought about art. Apollinaire (1949) himself once wrote, "Cubism differs from the old schools of
painting in that it aims, not at an art of imitation, but at an art of conception, which tends to rise to the height of creation" (p. 17). The
Cubist goal was not to settle for reality but to improve upon it by transforming objects into flat, geometric forms (Hubbard, 2001). Although contemporary critics argue Braque never achieved
the status he deserved (and, in fact, received little recognition until after World War I, most art historians agree that it was the passionate and flamboyant Picasso who was the
true "founder and leader of the movement" (Golding, 1959, p. 20). Picasso was always looking for something different to inspire and whet his creative appetite. He found it
in "the total disintegration of form" (Lodato-Suppa, 1996, p. 106). Picassos painting, Les Demoiselles dAvignon (1907), is believed to be the first example of Cubism. The portrait of
five nudes assembled around a fruit arrangement is truly a mind-boggling combination of reality, primitivism, and geometric abstract (Trachtman, 1996). The faces resemble African masks that have been broken
down geometrically, with body parts conveyed by diamonds, rectangles, and triangles (Trachtman, 1996). Flattening the planes enabled Picasso to eliminate the planes perspective, and leaves the viewer with the
impression that they are observing a scene that has been "reflected in a broken mirror" (Trachtman, 1996, p. 44). This lends considerable credence to the notion that if Pablo
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