Cubism, Picasso and Hockney

“Cubists felt that perspective didn’t truthfully represent the world because a single viewpoint only gave one side of things. Picasso and Braque were not interested in the superficial appearance of objects. They wanted to reveal many aspects at once and encompass a whole experience…” Tate

Have a look at the links below and leave a short comment about them – why do you think the Cubists rebeled against a single point of view?
1. An article about Picasso and Cubism: Perspective, Viewpoint and Cubism
2. A paintings by Pablo Picasso: Portrait of Vollard
3. Some photo collages by David Hockney (inspired by Cubism) Polaroid composits

Note: This is not the reading assignment blog (see below for that).

Picasso & Cubism

Here are some examples of work by Pablo Picasso to inspire our current project, Value & Scale: Fractured Portrait. In these paintings “Picasso depicts human figures by making use of several viewpoints, which became one of the characteristic features of cubism.” Click on images for more information and to enlarge. Note: if you are commenting on a reading, click on the correct reading in the right column.
For David Hockney’s fractured photographs of the 1980′s see the following: Mother | Photo Montage | Chair