Cubism Is Life!

One primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of _____________________ in the late works of Paul Cézanne.

• two-dimensional form

• still life

• landscape

• three-dimensional form

• self portraits

The term Cubism is broadly used in association with a wide variety of art produced in Paris (Montmartre and Montparnasse) or near Paris (Puteaux) during the ______________________.

• 1890s and throughout the 1900s.

• 1900s and throughout the 1910s.

• 1910s and throughout the 1920s.

• 1920s and throughout the 1930s.

According to english art historian Douglas Cooper, the three phases of Cubism were ___________, _____________, and ___________.

• Early Cubism

• Post Cubism

• Secondary Cubism

• High Cubism

• Late Cubism

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907, considered to be a major step towards the founding of the Cubist movement, was painted by ________________.

• Braque

• Picasso

• Cézanne

• Renoir

• Rivera

The first organized group exhibition by Cubists took place at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris during the spring of ______ in a room called 'Salle 41'

• 1899

• 1902

• 1911

• 1919

• 1923

John Berger identifies the essence of Cubism with the mechanical ___________. "The metaphorical model of Cubism is the ____________: The _____________ being a visible symbolic representation of invisible processes, forces, structures. A ____________ need not eschew certain aspects of appearance but these too will be treated as signs not as imitations or recreations."

• human form

• physical space

• surrealistic pillow

• diagram

• disposition

________ Cubism was the practice of removing visible subject matter entirely from the composition.

• Reduced

• Minimal

• Basic

• Abstract

• Implied

The _____________, also known as Groupe de Puteaux, founded by some of the most conspicuous Cubists, was a collective of painters, sculptors and critics associated with Cubism

• Section d'Or

• Joie de Vivre

• Peinture Folle

• Poulet Bizarre

• Arbre de Bonheur

________ Cubism, representing a significant modification in the mid to late years, was characterized by the tightening of the compositions, as well as the clarity and sense of order reflected in these works.

• Tight

• Fixed

• Pure

• Crystal

• New

Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians (1921), Museum of Modern Art. Three Musicians is a classic example of ___________ cubism.

• Surreal

• Synthetic

• Early

• New

• Whimsical