... Picasso was interested in this probably because it is native to Spain. Picasso's inspiration for drawing outside the accepted artistic sources let to his most radical and revolutionary painting yet. Les Demoiselles d"Avignon is one of the most important paintings in the genesis of modern art. Both in style and in subject matter, it represents a radical departure from traditional modes of representation ... . Les Demoiselles d"Avignon depicts five female prostitutes in a brothel figures composed of flat, splintered planes rather than portrayed as round volumes in space (Mailer74). In the ...

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... viewpoints and of volume or mass in terms of flat planes that was seen as innovative and different. This did not actually simplify, rather it complicated the problem of depiction. Les Demoiselles d"Avignon (1907) is often seen as the painting that opened the way for cubism. It is based on the exaggerated changes of viewpoints that is applied to all figures, especially ... to as Hermetic Cubism. Early Cubism has been related to different sources. Picasso's work for example has been linked mainly to Primitivism, especially African Sculpture. The stylizations and distortions of Les Deimois...

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... , Matisse had become notorious. Along with younger friends like Vlaminck and Derain, he provoked a furore at the Salon d'Automne with canvases so vehement in feeling that the group was nicknamed "les fauves". Nobody less like a "wild beast" than the meditative Matisse could be imagined. But the paintings he produced in the summer, at the Mediterranean port of Collioure, were certainly unbridled ... and Copenhagen to show Matisse's flowering at full strength. Picasso, with whom he exchanged paintings in 1907, must have acted as an additional spur. For the Spaniard was working on Les Demoi...

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... center panel, are in contrast to the mixed colors employed in both wings. The primary colors signify freedom from spiritual impurity. The use of triangles in GUERNICA brings to mind LES DEMOISELLES D" AVIGNON, which seems to be inspired by images reflected by pieces of broken mirror. Picasso usually used sharp triangular shapes to impart negative feelings. Some main triangles can be traced ... ...

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