Modern History
Book name: What are you looking at by Will Gompertz. These questions are on chapter 7 but using the internet to find information is fine too..
- How did Cubism evolve and what Post-Impressionist laid the foundation? What did Braque and Picasso do in attempting to make their compositions easier to understand? How long did Cubism last as a movement and what brought about its end?
- Explain the differences between Analytic Cubism and Synthetic Cubism. Give examples. Did Cubist ideas spread beyond Paris? What other movements evolved from Cubism? Who were some of the artists who shaped its development?
- What is the difference in collage and assemblage? Did Picasso and Braque influence Marcel Duchamp and the creation of Fountain in 1917? Who were the patrons of the Cubists. What well known African American artists were influenced by the efforts of Picasso and Braque. Give examples.
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Cubism evolved as a way of making the art in France where artist believed that is was possible to make objects using different geometric shapes. The person that laid the foundation for this method was Paul Cezanne. This was a French painter that was able to claim that all the different things are made out of cylinders, cones, and sphere. This is something that motivated…
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