Pablo Picasso

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This paper discusses the work of Pablo Picasso and how it reflected the intellectual tenor of the times. The paper notes that Picasso was reacting to many of the artistic social and scientific developments of his time embodying these elements in his work, which was often misunderstood by many because it was so radically different from the more representational work of the nineteenth century and before.

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"The work of artist Pablo Picasso represents the major artistic developments of the Twentieth Century, with the artist leading in altering the way art was perceived and the way the artist responded to his or her subject matter for most of the century. Picasso was reacting to many of the artistic, social, and scientific developments of his time, embodying these elements in his work, work which was often misunderstood by many because it was so radically different from the more representational work of the Nineteenth Century and before. Picasso was not an artist with a single approach to his subject and passed through a number of major periods identified on the basis of shifts in style and content, as can be seen in any number of his works. Picasso began painting in 1891 at Corunna and then moved to Barcelona until 1904."

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