Cubism

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This paper explains the history of the Cubist movement and describes how Cubist paintings reduce images to their most essential elements to create an eye-catching design. The paper explains the two different Cubist styles and describes the first Cubist painting, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso. The paper includes the criticism there was of Cubist artists and their defense. Finally, the author concludes with his/her plans to use the Cubist style of art to represent his/her ideas in a clear yet forceful way.

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"According to the popular Internet art encyclopedia, 'Artcyclopedia,' the Cubist movement in art developed between the years of 1908 and 1912, amongst a small colony of European artists. The early Cubist's main influences were said to have been Tribal Art, as prefigured in the works of the post-impressionist Paul Cezanne. (Artcyclopedia, 2005) Unlike these earlier artist's works, however, which still had recognizable, realistic forms, in Cubist paintings the subject matter was broken up, analyzed by the painter, and then reassembled in an abstracted form of shapes and stark designs."

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