Picassos Les Desmoiselles DAvignon
Though the backbone of art was formed by academies that graduated classical artists, some of the most influential artists broke away from such academies to change the rules. 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. Though classically trained, 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. Distinguishing his work from that of a camera and of other artists, Picasso redefines art for the future in a method called "cubism." In Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, he paints his initial attempt at breaking all classical rules and distinguishing himself from every other artist in history. One aspect of Pablo Picasso's art that di
stinguishes him from earlier artists is the lack of three-dimensional space displayed in his art. In Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, the five lady figures seem to be enveloped in what might be construed as the background. In contrast to earlier Raphael paintings for instance, where red drapery serves as a frame for Mary and baby Jesus, Picasso's figures appear to be actually wearing the drapery. The far woman on the left appears without clothes, except for the piece of red drapery strewn across the right side of her body. Each successive figure shows her full body with the exception of where the drapery covers her. By redefining the three-dimensional space and forcing the characters to take on the full focus of the viewer, Picasso forces the observer to take an undiluted look at the women without the comfort of a beautiful landscape on which to fall back. To further distinguish his art from art of the past, Pablo Picasso chooses highly unconventional colors for both the figures and the drapery behind the women. To display the women, he uses light blue, silver, green, dark blue, and gold. Classically trained artists do not use such colors to paint a human figure; the colors would be more fitting of a landscape. To show the drapery, he uses maroon, pink, light blue and gray-white. Not only does Picasso violate all rules of what colors on the palate to use, he also paints with colors that do not necessarily agree with each other, nor are they pleasing to the eye. Besides succeeding in painting his recital of the women, but he also shows classical artists that he can paint with whatever rules he wants and still accomplish his task. His breaking of the mold of the classically correct colors to use serves to further distinguish his new brand of art from the classical works. Pablo Picasso, in Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, takes his maiden attempt at breaking all the rules of classical art and training. He uses different colors, shapes, dimensions, and figures. While he is capable of painting in a classical style, Picasso paints how the women appear in his mind, not how they "should appear," nor how they appear as filtered through his eyes. By shatte
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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