Picasso

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Discusses "LES DEMOISELLES D'AVIGNON." Surveys scholarly notions regarding Picasso's sources and influences for this 1907 painting. Meanings attached to the picture. The developing iconography of the piece. The panting as a turning point in Picasso's art, and as an example of the proto-Cubist painting. Relevance of "Demoiselles" to Picasso's life.

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"Because Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) has come to be regarded by many as perhaps the major turning point in twentieth-century painting there are few modern pictures that have been subjected to such intense scrutiny or produced so many interpretations. The influences and sources, the iconography (both private and public), the relationship between the painter's life and his work, and all other aspects of the painting's meaning have been debated. Some explanations have been directly opposed to each other, but many others are complementary or, at least, not mutually exclusive. The richness of the picture, the number of witness statements, the painter's own conversation, and a perhaps unparalleled wealth of preliminary sketches have provided ample room for so much work. This essay surveys a number of the most important scholarly notions regarding ..."

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