Lecturette on Cubism, the 20th century avant-garde art movement ignited by Pablo Picasso.

1. Ruth Cubas

2. Group Work

3. Art is not just a way to express oneself. Often, art is an expression of culture, particular to a people or a nation, in a specific moment in time. Art as the transfer of history.

4. Art as a means of communication.

5. What is CUBISM?

6. What is Cubism? When did the Cubism movement take place? Who were the major players? * * * Cubism is regarded by most art historians to be the single most influential art movement of the 20 th century, developed in Paris by Picasso and Braque, beginning in 1907. CUBISM PICASSO BRAQUE

8. at Horta de Ebro What is Cubism? In their early cubist paintings, Picasso and Braque introduced methods that undermined the illusion of space. Their paintings defied the traditional look of art that had dominated for over three centuries. They became known for their revolutionary abandonment of conventional perspective and illustrative definition. At Horta de Ebro Picasso

11. How has Cubism changed the way in which we view the world today? The creation of Cubism announced to the world that this century would have a very different look and feel- a world of multiple overlapping cultures, polities, and groups, each with its own divergent frame of reference and point of view. No longer can we view the world from a single perspective. We must look at the world around us from multiple points of view. Some argue that Cubism influences many practices of our everyday lives, from the pixel-like world of the Information Age, to the cubicles that workers accept as their commonplace environment.

12. Lady with Guitar

13. No Bull

14. Mont Sainte-Victoire Cézanne

15. Popova: Two Figures Matisse

16. Girl Looking In Mirror

17. Unplugged