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PAPER CUBISM

Write a paper including the following subjects:

General information about cubism
Life and work of a cubistic artist (Braque, Gris or Picasso)
An analysis of your favourite work.


General information about cubism

Search on the internet or in books for information.
Include the following items: When did Cubism originate? 10
Characteristics of cubism 15
Which art movements do we know before and after Cubism? 10


Life and work of a cubistic artist

Search on the internet or in books for information.
Include the following items: Describe the life of one of the artists on the basis of data 10
Describe the work of the same artist on the basis of data 10
Collect and include 5 reproductions of his work 10


Analysis of a cubistic work

Write an analysis of your favourite work following the model on the next page.




Note: *Mention the source of information: book, writer, title, www. addresses, etc.
*Use your own words, its not allowed to copy the text.






Hand in on: week 44


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Analysis of an image


1 What is it?
We distinguish two-dimensional images (drawings, paintings, photographs, e.g.) and three-
dimensional images (sculptures, architecture, industrial products e.g.) 5


2 Material
Name the material. (oil on linen, watercolours, bronze, wood, e.g.) 5


3 Technique
Describe the technique. (drawing, painting with large brush, collage, e.g.) 5


4 What do you see?
Describe what you see in a detailed way. Imagine yourself on the phone with another person,
you have to give that other person a good idea of the image without seeing him/her. 5


5 Image aspects
By image aspects we mean the description of the different elements that form the image. We
distinguish tone, colour, shape, space and composition.

-Tone: includes light and shade, light direction, light and dark contrast, e.g. 2,5

-Colour: includes colour contrasts, harmony of colours, brightness, e.g. 2.5

-Shape: flat-spatial, figurative, decorative, simplified, distorted, e.g. 2,5

-Space: overlapping, cut off, reduction in size, foreshortening, plasticity, etc. 2,5

-Composition: basic shape, symmetrical/a-symmetrical, character, e.g. 2,5


6 Your own opinion
Try and formulate what you think is positive and/or negative about the work. Make sure your
opinion is well-founded and supported by arguments. 2,5