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Workbook2AWLReadingOutline-Tagged.pdf

Module 3, Workbook 2 AWL Vocabulary, Main Reading & Outline

AWL Vocabulary These are the academic vocabulary for the reading. You should learn there (1) part of speech, (2) definition, (3) be able to write a sentence. You will practice this vocabulary on Linguatorium with new vocabulary sets. There will also be extra practice on Blackboard.

analytic analytical analyzed

approach formula major

period similar constructed reconstructed

cultural culture cultures

design distinct final previous

tradition traditional traditions

documenting dominant technique technological technology

communication dimensional phase phases

predictable

stress sum challenged expanded

image images

perspective styles abstract

symbolism decades mode abandoned

radical revolutionary unified conceived

Skimming to Find the Argument

For each paragraph circle or underline key words and make notes about…

*What did you learn? What can you predict? What do you need to find out?

Think about topic, argument, genre, details (who? what? where? when?), etc.!

1. Cubism, developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, was a truly revolutionary

style of modern art…

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_______________________________They had many influences and in turn, made

a huge impact on the world.

2. In the four decades from 1870-1910, western society witnessed more technological

progress than in the previous four

centuries.______________________________________________

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____________________________________________________________This new

approach was called Cubism.

3. Picasso and Braque developed cubism around 1907 in Paris and their starting point

was a common interest in the paintings of Paul

Cézanne.__________________________________

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_________________________________It was this flat abstract approach that

appealed to the cubists.

4. The cubists also found inspiration in the traditional art of other cultures, especially

African art.

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____________________________________________________________...paintin

gs and prints were influenced by the native culture of Tahiti and the Marquesas

Islands where he spent his final years.

5. The cubists saw that in traditional European art, a subject was drawn from a single

position, and the result was frozen, like a photo, but the cubists…

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________________________Cubism was, therefore, an attempt at a more realistic

way of painting what we see.

6. Cubism had two distinct phases.

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___________________________Lines, colours, patterns and textures switched

from geometric to freehand, dark to light.

7. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque conceived and developed cubism but other

notable artists of the time also adopted the style,…

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___________________________________________________Its impact on the

language of art has prevailed to this day.

Cubism: The First Abstract Style of Modern Art

Figure ii – Paul Cezanne Painting

Figure iii – Left side – Picasso paining. Right side – inspiration for

Picasso

Figure iv – Braque example of Analytical Cubism

Figure v – Picasso example of Synthetic cubism

Figure vi - Picasso example of Synthetic cubism

Figure vii – Painting inspired by Cubism by Torey Thorton, 2015

Figure I – Painting of Mona Lisa

Cubism - The First Abstract Style of Modern Art

John MacTaggart, 2017, Artyfactory

*770 words

Cubism, developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, was a truly revolutionary

style of modern art which challenged the rules of painting that had been dominant in

Europe since the Italian Renaissance. The cubists’ aim was to develop a new way of

portraying the world which reflected the modern age. They had many influences and, in

turn, made a huge impact on the world.

In the four decades from 1870-1910, western society witnessed more technological

progress than in the previous four centuries. During this period, inventions such as

photography, sound recording, the telephone, the automobile and the airplane signalled

the dawn of a new age. The problem for artists at this time was how to reflect these

changes using the tired artistic traditions of the 15th and 16th centuries. Photography had

begun to replace painting as the tool for documenting life, so artists needed a more

radical approach - a 'new way of seeing' that expanded the possibilities of art in the

same way that technology was extending the boundaries of communication and travel.

This new approach was called cubism.

Picasso and Braque developed cubism around 1907 in Paris and their starting point

was a common interest in the paintings of Paul Cézannei. Paul Cézanne abandoned

perspective drawing. Perspective, which had been used since the Early Renaissance,

was a geometric formula that solved the problem of how to draw three-dimensional

objects on a two- dimensional surface. Breaking from this tradition, Cézanne liked to

flatten the objects in his paintings - to stress the difference between painting and reality.

It was this flat abstract approach that appealed to the cubists.

The cubists also found inspiration in the traditional art of other cultures, especially

African art. However, they were not interested in the true spiritual or social symbolism of

these cultural objects, but valued them superficially for their expressive style. This

inspiration to reference art from different cultures probably came from Paul Gauguin, the

French artist, whose paintings and prints were influenced by the native culture of Tahiti

and the Marquesas Islands where he spent his final years.

The cubists saw that in traditional European art, a subject was drawn from a single

position, and the result was frozen, like a photo, but the cubists wanted to make pictures

that reflected how humans actually experience the world, fusing multiple observations

and memories into one image. When you look at an object, your eye scans it, and then

stops on a certain detail before moving on to the next point of interest and so on. You

can also change your view by looking at the object from above, below or from the side.

Therefore, the cubists proposed that your sight of an object is the sum of many different

views and your memory of an object is constructed from multiple angles. Cubism was,

therefore, an attempt at a more realistic way of painting what we see.

Cubism had two distinct phases. The early phase, which lasted until about 1912,

was called Analytical Cubism. Here, the artist analyzed the subject from many

different viewpoints and reconstructed it with monochromatic colours in a geometric

grid. However, around 1912, the styles of Picasso and Braque were becoming

predictable, and their paintings had grown so similar that they were often difficult to tell

apart. Thus, Picasso began to glue printed images from the 'real world' onto the surface

of his work. This 'collage' technique opened the door for himself and other artists to the

second phase of the cubist style: Synthetic Cubism. Synthetic Cubism moved away

from the monochrome surfaces of Analytic Cubism to a more direct, colourful and

decorative style. Lines, colours, patterns and textures switched from geometric to

freehand, dark to light.

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque conceived and developed cubism but other

notable artists of the time also adopted the style, including Juan Gris, Fernand Leger,

Robert Delaunay, Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Louis Marcoussis, Marie Laurencin

and Roger de La Fresnaye. Though born in France, Cubism quickly emigrated across

Europe and also influenced several of the major design and architectural styles of the

20th century. Its impact on the language of artii has prevailed to this day.

LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519) 'Mona Lisa', c.1503-06 PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906) 'Bibemus Quarry', 1895 LEFT: Pablo Picasso, 'Head of a Woman', 1907; RIGHT: Dan Mask from West Africa GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963) 'Violin and Jug', 1910 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) 'Still Life with Chair Caning', 1912 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) 'Still Life with mandolin and Guitar', 1924 TOREY THORTON (1990-) ‘Out Of Body For Tee Tee On Glass’, 2015

Instructions: In pairs, complete the Guided Outline of Cubism – The First Abstract Style

of Modern Art. Remember to use note-taking strategies you’ve so far. This is to help

prepare you for writing your summary of this reading.

Outline of Cubism – The First Abstract Style of Modern Art. Paraphrase of thesis statement:

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Para 2 Main Idea = _________________________________________ ____ cubism

Supporting Point #1: Inventions_____________________________________________

Details: ______________________________________________________

Supporting Point #2: Problem = _____________________________________________

Details: ______________________________________________________

Para 3 Main Idea = _____________________________________________ cubism

Details: Cez X perspective

(=_____________________________________________)

Cez flatten painting = show painting vs

reality_____________

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Para 4 Main Idea = _____________________________________________ cubism

Supporting Point #1: _Not spiritual/social_→_________________________________

Details: ______________________________________________________

Supporting Point #2: Prob Gaugin: __________________________________________

Para 5 Main Idea = ______________________________________________≠ cubism

Supporting Point #1: Trad. Eur. art = single position 

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Details: But cubists = _________________________________________

Supporting Point #2: Look at object  ____________________________________

Details: Sight = ______________________________________________

 ___________________________________________________

Para 6 Main Idea = 2 ____________________________________________of cubism

Supporting Point #1: Analytic = ___________________________________________

Supporting Point #2: Styles = predictable 

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Supporting Point #3: Synthetic ____________________________________________

Details: ______________________________________________________

Para 7 (Conclusion) = Big Impact of Cubism

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Final Comment ______________________________________________________

Focus on Language – Sentence Structure

1. What is an adjective clause? Can you find any examples in the article?

2. What is the passive voice? Can you find any passive constructions in the article?

Module 3, Workbook 2

AWL Vocabulary, Main Reading & Outline

AWL Vocabulary