- What is collage?
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. It is a technique in art consisting of cutting and pasting natural or manufactured materials to a painted or unpainted surface. - Research 2 of the above collage techniques on google. Which one appeals to you the most and why?
Cubomania is the one which appeals me the most because of its textured full pieces. Cubomania is a method of making collages in which a picture or image is cut into squares and the squares are then reassembled without regard for the image. The technique was first used by the Romanian surrealist Gherasim Luca. It is a different sort of collage, which interested me a lot. - What is cubism? Give a general definition.
Cubism is a surrealist movement by turning artwork into square or cubic form and shape, the objects are no long smooth and curved. The cubism style emphasized flat, two dimensional surface of the picture, rejecting traditional techniques of perspective, and foreshortening, modeling and refuted time honored theories of art as imitation of nature. Painters do not copy form; texture, color, and space instead present a new reality in painting. - How did it start?
It started in 20th Century and was influenced by the I5th Century Italian Renaissance and the I6th Century Italian High Renaissance. It was the invention of Picasso and Braque, since they started to exclude all but the formal elements of art: line, shape, and color to create a new movement of art. - What is analytical cubism? Name a piece of analytical cubist artwork.
Analytic cubists “analyzed” natural forms and reduced the forms into basic geometric parts on the two-dimensional picture plane. Colour was almost non-existent except for the use of a monochromatic scheme that often included grey, blue and ochre. - What is synthetic cubism? Name a piece of synthetic cubist artwork.
Synthetic cubism is a natural extension of Analytic Cubism. Synthetic cubism developed through construction process. It is more decorative, appealing and somewhat easier to interpret. It grew out of experimental nature of Collage. Here’s is an example by Georges Braque, entitled Bottle and fishes.
- Using the website: http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm compare the work of Braque, Picasso and Gris. How did Juan Gris’ work differ from that of Braque’s or Picasso’s?
Braque and picasso’s work were a little similar . They deconstructed objects and positioned them in terms of their shapes which often ended up looking disoriented/confusing while Juan Gris’ work was more realistic and meaning full as well. He also managed to blend and balance his colours very well. - Do you like cubism? Why or why not explain using the vocabulary of the elements and principles of design.
I don’t think I am a big fan of cubism as it lacks colours, it doesn’t have any main focal point either. It is difficult to understand cubism at times. Moreover it is generally based on variety of shapes put together which makes the image a little confusing. Even thought it depicts different sides of reality I wouldn’t say that I really like cubism. - You are to create a cubist self portrait in Photoshop using your photographs of yourself. Do you think you will use analytical or synthetic cubism? Why or why not?
I would use synthetic cubism as you can use a variety of colors and shapes unlike analytical cubism it is not dull but the picture gets very exciting because of the variation in colours, I would also like to use synthetic cubism because you can cut and paste a lot of other pictures rather than make one which is boring and unenthusiastic
