Assignment:
MUSEUM VISIT Essay-Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignonvs. Matisse' Piano Lesson; MoMa
This assignment is your focus for this week.
--Paper must be 3 to 4 pages in length (double-spaced)
--Paper must have a title (a good title will reflect your thesis)
--Paper must be in Times New Roman 12 point font
--Paper margins must be 1" on left and right; top margin must be 1" and bottom margin 1"
--Put titles of works of art in italics
IMPORTANT If you borrow someone else's idea, you must footnote it.
(This applies to allinformation taken from lecture, books, wall plaques, etc.)
Museum-Based Essay 2-Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignonand Matisse's The Piano Lesson: MoMa(The Museum of Modern Art)
Normally I would send you to museum for this assignment, but MOMA is closed, so you will not need to go, just look at the images I have included in PDF (See on BB:
Picasso_Matisse_Images
Readings:
"New Encounters with Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: Gender, Race, and the Origins of Cubism"
By Anna C. Chave
The Art Bulletin, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. 596-611
1a. Watch: Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: https://youtu.be/fy2TlYnYIzA
Watch: Matisse, Piano Lesson: https://youtu.be/9vI1kP-9zpw
2. Respond to the following prompt: How can Cubism be seen in Picasso's painting and how does Matisse reveal his own brand of cubism in his painting? Each artist is using his own technique to show that many perspectives are a fundamental way of understanding the modern world and the way that it is seen. While Picasso uses structure, Matisse uses color.