A breakthrough in the presentation of space pioneered by Picasso and Braque. The foundation for this pictorial advancement can be found in Cezanne, whom both artists were familiar. Cezanne's multifaceted approach to creating form recalls binocular vision and a plural viewpoint, an important break from the fix singular viewpoint of perspective. In addition the influence of 'primitive' African and Iberian work was especially important. This work stressed a raw simplicity. Coupled with Cezanne's distillation of forms to Cylinder, Sphere, and Cone, we begin to see the approach to cubism. It is a depiction of space liberated from the singular fixed vantage point and complies multiple vantage points simultaneously. This speaks to another form of vision; one freed by the constraints of time. All sides of an object exist at all moments even if we only perceive one vantage point. Because we do not see all sides at the same time, it does not mean they do not exist. This begs the question, which presentation is in fact more accurate. For us to comprehend all sides of a 3 dimensional object simultaneously requires an understanding of the malleability of space/ time on the work surface. Space is able to be bent, fractured, reassembled etc, as is time. In synthetic cubism we saw the development of collage. The process of adding and layering on top.This is an important break from the tradition of pushing space back into the surface, it begins to become cumulative and pushes forward. Here we begin to see the malleability of space.
Cezanne
Cezanne
Picasso
Picasso
Braque
Braque
Braque
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