Reading Project

Cubism

  1. Webmuseum:  Please click the links relevant to Cubism as per follows:
  2. Mark Harden's Artchive: Cubism:  Please click the links to the web pages introducing four Cubistic artists -- Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, and Fernand Leger. Study information regarding these Cubistic painters' style.

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  4. Visit the three sites below for information regarding Cubists:
  5. Texas A&M University - "Cubism":  After entering this web page, please click all of the links on the page to find out the two major phases of Cubism and the influence of this unique art style. 

  6. http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/study/cubism.html
     
  7. ArtLex on Cubism:  In addition to a definition of cubism, this web page provides links to definitions of terms relevant to cubism as well as links to Cubistic artists' paintings. Please also click to read "Cubism (Analytic and Synthetic)" (http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/study/intro_cu.html) written by Bob Chew.

  8. http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/c/cubism.html
     
  9. Cubism Image Bank:  This site was put together by Prof. Arthur Babcock, University of South California, to be used along with his class. Choose Artists Menu, and then choose an artist. The small thumbnail prints can be enlarged by clicking on them. 

Other Links

  • Electric Library's Encyclopedia - "Cubism":  This online article is divided into different sections. Click to read all the links listed under Sections in This Article that you can locate in the left column of the web page.

  • http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/03315.html
     
  • Artcyclopedia - "Artist by Movement: Cubism": This web page offers a brief definition of Cubism and a long list of links to Cubists.

  • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/cubism.html
     
  • Art History - "Cubism":  First offering a brief but insightful definition of Cubism, Huntfor.com provides on this web page several must-visit sites.

  • http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/earlyC20th/cubism.htm
     
  • Art Periods in France: "Cubism": DiscoverFrance.net offers to you a chronological description of the development in Cubism.

  • http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/earlyC20th/cubism.htm
     
  • Art History 101: "Cubism": Andrea Mulder-Slater presents this easy-to-read explanation of Cubism and provides helpful links to this art movement. Please also read another article written by her: "Cubism: The Reconstruction of Space" (http://arthistory.about.com/arts/arthistory/library/weekly/aa022800a.htm). Futhermore, use her definitions of Fauvism and Dada for the inspriation and influence study.

  • http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/study/intro_cu.html