Cubism

Cubism is an artistic movement that was started between 1907 and 1911 by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. There are two types of Cubism, but the most common Cubist paintings are made from a scene that is visualised and then painted as though it were cut up and scattered about, like shards of glass. This is called Analytic Cubism. Another common type of Cubism is called Synthetic Cubism, which is made up from an object painted from many different angles all at the same time. This picture is called Violin and Candlestick by Georges Braque, painted in 1910, using Analytic Cubism. When painting their Analytic Cubist paintings, artists such as Pablo Picasso used the traditional painting method of oil on canvas, or occasionally oil paints on board. Sometimes Cubists would sketch Cubist paintings with charcoal, pencil, or pastel. When painting Synthetic Cubist paintings, for the first time, artists would sometimes use ready made objects like string, theatre tickets, or patterned fabric, which they glued to their paintings. Some artists even framed their works in rope! Cubist paintings were made to show how 3D scenes can be put into a 2D painting. Nowadays, Cubist paintings can be found all over the world.
 * Cubism **
 * By Mia K-F **