Cubism

The co-founders of the Cubism movement were...

• Pablo Picasso

• Andre Derain

• Juan Gris

• Georges Barque

Cubism was considered the most influential movement of which century?

• 19th

• 18th

• 20th

• 21st

How did the Cubism movement get it's name?

• Artists stacked cubes and displayed them in museums.

• Pablo Picasso's favorite shape was a cube and he painted them all the time.

• Critic Louis Vauxcelles was looking at artwork and said that it reduced everything to "geometric outlines, to cubes."

• Fauvism was inspired by circles, so Picasso names the next movement after a cube.

Pablo Picasso was a _______ painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and theater designer.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Cubist movement?

• Doesn't create the illusion of depth

• Uses neutral colors

• Direct use of geometric shapes

• Complete lack of realism