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In this essay I am going to be discussing the terms “Analytical” and “Synthetic Cubism” and using examples to illustrate my answer. The central paintings I shall be using to do this are Picasso’s “Portrait of Ambroise Vollard”(1910) and “Guitar, Sheet Music and Glass”(1912). I hope to successfully examine what I understand by each term in appropriate detail.
There are several opinions about when Cubism began, but it is widely thought by many art historians that 1907 is an appropriate year to regard as the starting point. This was the year that the poet Apollinaire introduced Pablo Picasso to Georges Braque. ... The artistic style had three phases; the first was a development of Cézanne’s ideas about painting from nature(sometimes known as “Primitive Cubism”)-artists looked for the cone, sphere and cube in nature and based their work upon those elements. The second and third phases were “Analytical” and “Synthetic Cubism”.
“Analytical Cubism” began in 1908 and carried on until 1912. ... This monochromatic colour scheme was a complete contrast to Picasso’s earlier Cubist studies such as “Les Demoiselles D’Avignon”(1907), where although the colour palette was limited it was not almost completely rejected. ...
The first painting I have decided to discuss is Picasso’s “Portrait of Ambroise Vollard”(1910). Ambroise Vollard was the foremost Parisian art dealer of the early 20th Century and the man who gave Cézanne and Picasso their first one man shows. ...
“The most beautiful woman in the world,” Picasso was quoted as saying “never had her portrait painted, drawn or engraved more often than Vollard.
The picture is typical of “Analytical Cubism” in many ways although later paintings such as “Ma Jolie”:”Woman with a Guitar” (1911-12) develop the style even further and the deconstruction of the form is taken to a new level.
Approximate Word count = 1404
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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