... I think of Picasso's work I imagine different shapes and how rough the scenery. Most of his paintings are extremely triangular or the opposite, very curvy. An example of this is Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (last page). The women in the painting are prostitutes in the 1920s. This painting started the idea for Cubist works. The bright colors throughout the painting keeps your attention ... ...

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... of the Western World Study Guide. Stewart, Macek, Gealt, & Jaffe. 1989). The Family of Saltimbanques portrayed a group of six figures which some feel was a precursor for his most famous painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907). This latter painting was the result of a direct influence of Paul Cézanne's later work of using compressed space and sharp angles. He was also influenced by the ... ...

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