les demoiselles d'avignon
Classical artists will always be remembered for building the foundations of art. However, there were many revolutionary artists after their time that revolutionized art into what it is today. Impressionists, led by Claude Monet, formed a group of artists originally rejected from the academies to paint in their own "objective reality." They painted art as sifted through their senses; taking into account the environment's affect on an object or placing the focus on everyday activity, the impressionists helped redefine art. While they started the process of the transformation of art, Pablo Picasso advanced it many times over, changing the face of art more profoundly then any other artist. Picasso painted art by what views he saw in his head and imagination, not by how his eyes or other senses interpreted a scene. He shamelessly broke all the classical rules of three-dimensional space, colors, figures and subject matter. In a style called "cubism", Picasso painted one of the most pivotal works of art in history, and began a new era with a single work of art. In Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, he painted his initial attempt at breaking all classical rules and changed the wor
Pablo Picasso also distinguishes himself from other artists with his portrayal of the human figure by breaking up traditional forms of the body. In creating the figures of five naked women, Picasso rejects all classical teachings; he showed angular breasts without nipples, knees at sharp angles, a nose that resembles a triangle, off-center eyes, no navel, and no pubic hair on any of his models. In short, he seems to reject any mildly photograph-like portrayal of his women. It is almost as if some of the figures, especially the one on the far left, are replicating the pose of ancient Egyptian kings (Adams 467). Another strange aspect to this painting is the woman on the far right with a face of silver colored with green and the woman to the left of her with blue from her nose to her chin. This is most likely a reference to Picasso's interest in African art. Picasso certainly had a different perspective on women then artists of the past. Besides their obvious exposing of their bodies, Picasso's models also engage the spectator in eye contact. Each woman makes eye contact with the viewer, although not all of their bodies actually face the audience. He makes the audience become an integral part of the work, as the interaction between the women and the viewer make the viewer shy back from the cold stares in the party that he has interrupted. Also, Picasso forces his audience to ask why these unconventional women embrace their nakedness and revel in their self-confidence. In turn, he trounces previous models of beauty and makes one wonder that if the women are satisfied with themselves as they are, does it matter whether the viewer sees them as "pretty" or not? Also, does it really matter what they do for a living, as the women he chose to portray happen to have unfavorable professions. Pablo Picasso chooses, as his five models for his first cubist work, women who employ themselves as prostitutes. To compliment his breaking of the rules of art, Picasso might have found it easier to distort women whose morals were already distorted in the public mind. This being his first foray into the act of breaking all the classical rules for a
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