Influences of Cubism

By Wibberley, Mary, M.A., CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS, 2008, 79 pages; 1466441

Abstract:

Initiated by Picasso and Braque, the Cubist action has its own roots in a turbulent period of record in which much modification was occurring. Scientific innovations, technical improvements, societal changes and tension caused by globe events modified the artist's, the author's and also the composer's view of conventional formulae and conventions that dated back once again to the Renaissance.

Cezanne's, Picasso's and Braque's abstract spatial representation of the image airplane stirred experimentation by musicians and artists with numerous, multiple viewpoints. This creative revolution coincided with Henri Bergson's viewpoint regarding space, temporality, simultaneity and intuition over intellect and rationale. Bergson immensely impacted early modern-day ideology regarding the arts.

This historical back ground and intercontinental angst were factors that permitted the introduction of Cubism. This paper talks about the way for which these precursors impacted Cubism, exactly how cubism affected future art, and addresses the way in which which Bergson's ideologies impacted very early modernism in art, songs and literary works.

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