P4c- Analytical Cubist Musician Portrait

Cubism was an art movement which was spawned by painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris around 1910. It was a response to several influences including Paul Cezanne’s plein-air landscapes and still lifes painted geometrically and from multiple points of view, as well as new scientific points of view of space and time, such as Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity.





















It eventually developed into two distinct styles and approaches – Analytical or “physically-based” cubism, and Synthetic or “sign-based” cubism.

Analytical (Object-Based) Cubism

Many art historians put emphasis on the geometric qualities of analytical cubism. This is certainly an important formal outcome, but the conceptual significance of the art movement was “looking at physical reality from multiple points of view” (front, side, back, top, bottom, etc), then “expressing these points of view (which occurred over a period of time) back into a singular perceptual point of view”. This idea of multiple points of view, as well as the “deconstructive/reconstructive” process of creating an analytical image, dramatically influenced the world of art and design.

Sixth

The next part of your Music Cover Project is to create an Analytical Cubist (physical) portrait of the artist of your album. It is to be a physical deconstruction/reconstruction of the musician. You may include clothing and musical instruments in the portrait, but no visual elements expressive of the song or its meaning.

Project Schedule

Tight Musician Block-in                    Thursday, April 13th          Post on Blog

- Due Beginning of Class

- Critique

Past Student Examples of an Analytical Cubist Portrait