Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Picasso/Sylvette. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page research paper that describes and analyzes this portrait by Pablo Picasso. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khpicsyl.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
in 1953 ("Lot 43:f"). The following discussion, first of all, offers a brief overview of the tremendous influence of Pablo Picasso on twentieth century art, and then discusses one of
the many portraits that created of Sylvette. No painter prior to Picasso enjoyed popularity that equaled that of this native Spanish artist. Neither Titian in the 16th century no
Velazquez in the 17th, although they were immensely popular, equal the reputation and influence of Picasso (Hughes). Although talented as an artist, he was known for being "rotten to his
children" and "often beastly to his women," which is interesting in regard to this examination, as he was obviously fascinated and intrigued by Sylvette David (Hughes). Piccasos "Sylvette" series
depicts this young model in various styles of representation, the portrait analysis for this report is painted using a "range of grey tones," which contribute a "note of elegance" to
the models classical beauty of the young woman ("Lot 43:f"). There are roughly 40 portraits of Sylvette included in this series, which were all completed inside of a month:
Sylvette seated in an armchair; Sylvette in three-quarter face; Sylvette in profile; in the vigorous geometrization used for the nudes of Fran?oise; and in all the grace of her natural
curves, with the neck more or less elongated; somewhat stockier; somewhat thinner; Sylvette obdurate; closed; ironic; absent ("Lot 43:f"). This particular "Sylvette" portrait is in the cubist style,
which is a version of abstract art that as been characterized as "ugly," by both the public and art critics. For example, an American art critic once commented that "modern
art was born ugly," and it was Matisse who "took the first step into the undiscovered land of the ugly" (Trackman 62). However, if Henri Matisse can be regarded as
...