Non-Objective Art- Art that is not representational, containing NO recognizable figures or objects. The elements of art (lines, shape color, etc.) are the main subject.
Abstract Art– In abstract art the artist takes recognizable objects or figures and changes them so they no longer looks realistic. The artist may leave out details, shift the point of view, exaggerate size, simplify or otherwise distort the image.
Cubism- 1907 – 1914
Cubism was a 20th century art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature. It was a short but highly significant and influential artistic movement.
Cubism was developed originally in France by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1906.
The” Cubist” period is characterized by emphasizing the process of construction, and converting the represented forms into the essential geometric shapes: the cube, the sphere, the cylinder, and the cone.
Cubism is a painting of a normal scene but painted from multiple views where the objects are distorted and sometimes looked scrambled.
In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form — instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.
Hence the Name… When artist Henri Matisse was trying to describe a painting by Georges Braque to Louis Vauxcelles (an art critic), Matisse made a drawing of one of Braque’s landscapes, to show how they were made out of ‘little cubes‘ and from there on “cubism” stuck. (1908)
Cubism Artists: Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Georges Braque
Characteristics of Cubism Art:
Abstract Art– a recognizable object has been distorted in some way so it no longer looks realistic
Fractured images
Shading with black (instead of with blue in impressionism).
Muted Colors of browns, blues, and blacks-Colors mixed with their compliments (muddy colors)
Merging the object and background space so that forms and space are not separated but merge together
Abandoning traditional perspective
Combination of pattern, text and “found” collage objects such adding rope and newspaper
Multiple light sources
Abstraction Techniques- Recognizable Objects/figures are Distorted by:
Reducing object or figure to simple geometric forms: cube, cylinder, sphere, cone
Draw from multiple points of view
Use unrealistic color
Exaggerate size
Distort the image (squish, wiggle, elongate, etc.)
Leave out details (Simplify)
Shift the point of view
HOW TO CREATE THE CUBIST STYLE ARTWORK:
Project Objective: Create an original composition of instruments in the Cubism style using abstraction techniques and Cubism characteristics.
Instructions:
Choose an instrument or two (Saxophone, guitar, violin, cello, piano, tuba, trumpet) to have as your main subject matter.
On a 12×18 sheet of tagboard, draw 7-20 intersecting lines (horizontal, vertical & diagonal) so they look like broken up boxes, “L”or “[” shapes work well
3. Choose a few areas to collage some music sheets onto your drawing -glue on paper using glue stick
4. Now begin drawing distorted parts of the instrument you choose in the blocked areas. Use abstraction techniques to change the drawing each time you come to a new area or line.
Distort by:
Reducing object or figure to simple geometric forms: cube, cylinder, sphere, cone
Add multiple points of view
Use unrealistic color
Exaggerate size
Distort the image (squish, wiggle, elongate, etc.)