Cubism was an early 20th century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture. Led by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Cubism was characterized by the depiction of subjects from multiple viewpoints to represent the subject in a multidimensional way. Cubist artists were influenced by African and Egyptian art as well as the work of Paul Cézanne and Fauvism. Between 1907-1912, during Analytic Cubism, artists depicted objects using geometric forms and multiple perspectives on two-dimensional surfaces. From 1912-1921, Synthetic Cubism incorporated collage materials like newspaper into the compositions. Cubism had a significant influence on subsequent art movements and culture in general.

1. Cubism By: Michelle Friedow, Rachel Sandoffsky, and Melanie Holsgrove “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.” Pablo Piccaso

2. Important Discoveries at the Time "The view through the door of the railroad car at the automobile windshield, in combination with speed, has altered the habitual look of things. A modern man, registers a hundred times more sensory impressions than an eighteenth-century artist." Fernand Léger

3. Beginnings Of Cubism

4. Fauvism Influences Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (1907)

5. Fauvism Influences Henri Matisse, Le Bonheur de Vivre (1905-06)

6. Paul Cézanne Les GrandesBaianeuses (1906)

7. Egyptian Art &Primitivism

8. Egyptian Art &Primitivism Paul Gauguin The Moon and the Earth (Hinatefatou), Paul Gauguin, Oviri

9. Faceting Different perspectives on one surface. Different ways of seeing the same subject matter. Using light and dark tones to capture the effect.

10. Les Demoiselles D’Avignon – Pablo Picasso – 1907

11. From 1907 – 1912 Colors very muted, using mostly tan, brown, gray, cream, and some greens and blues. Analytical Cubism presented multiple views of an object, using overlapping planes. Analytical Cubism

12. Girl With A Mandolin – Pablo Picasso – 1910

13. Accordionist – Pablo Picasso – 1911

14. Bottles and Knife Juan Gris 1914

15. Violin and Candlestick – Georges Braque – 1910

16. From 1912 – 1921 Takes otherwise ambiguous objects and combines them to form something recognizable. Contrasting textures. Non-painted objects such as newspaper, cloth strips, and tobacco wrappers are glued onto the canvas and integrated with the paint. Synthetic Cubism

17. Still Life with Chair Caning – Pablo Picasso – 1912

18. Guitar, Sheet Music, And Wine Glass – Pablo Picasso – 1912

19. Fruit Dish And Glass – Georges Braque – 1912 Woman With A Guitar – Georges Braque –1913

20. Card Player – Pablo Picasso – 1914

21. Three Muscians, Pablo Piccaso (1921)

22. Cubist Sculpture Woman’s Head – Pablo Picasso – 1909

23. Reclining Nude with Guitar – Jacques Lipchitz – 1928

24. Guitar – Pablo Picasso – 1914

25. Reactions to Cubism Cubism was not very widely know at the time, but the responses it got were mostly positive. "It is the man who challenges and denies who stirs other men to think for themselves. That is the chief value of the cubist painting – they compel us to think for ourselves, to take careful inventory of our stock of stereotyped notions...” -Jerome Eddy, Art Critic

26. Effects Of Cubism Almost all abstraction art movements came from Cubism. Buildings, kitchens, magazines, cinematography, photography all were influenced heavily by the themes Cubism presented.

28. Nude Descending A Staircase – Marcel Duchamp – 1912