Cubism and Picasso

Title: Cubism and Picasso
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Cubism and Picasso

I N T R O D U C T I O N Picasso’s development toward cubism reached its climax with the monumental justly celebrated Demoiselles d’Avignon (1906). This painting, named for a brothel in Barcelona’s Avignon Street, depicts, in a highly stylized form, five angular nude or partially draped women grouped around an arrangement of fruit. This final, condensed version, developed through many preparatory works, was attained by gradual simplifications and eliminations of …showed first 75 words of 490 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 490 total…ADHERES TO FROM VS COLOUR + LIGHT IS COLOUR REFRACTED/REFLECTED There is no suggestion of either light or shadow, with the exception of the figure in the upper right corner who appears to be engulfed in shadow. 5. POTENTIALLY LIMITLESS TIME VS SINGLE DRAMATIC MOMENT Since Les Demoiselles depicts a brothel scene one would assume that a series a lounging nude females would be common place, therefore depicting a potentially limitless period of time. Bibliography None

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