Fully answer both topics: Examine and discuss Picasso′s Early Cubist painting, Les Demoiselles d′ Avignon (to view, visit
https://www.moma.org/explore/conservation/demoiselles/
). Answer the following questions: What is cubism? What is the painting about? What does the title mean? Why do we see shattered forms? Is it possible to describe it from the background? What did this painting do for the art world? Use your art terminology to discuss it and its importance. Does this style appeal to you, or not? Examine and discuss Henri Matisse′s Early Expressionist painting, The Joy of Life (to view, visit
https://www.henrimatisse.org/joy-of-life.jsp
), which was also revolutionary for its time. Answer the following questions: How are the two significant paintings (Picasso’s and Matisse’s) different in the depiction of the human figure? What was Expressionism about? What is ″the Fauvist vision?″ What did this painting do for the art world? Use your art terminology to discuss it and its importance. Does this style appeal to you, or not?