Matisse s Bonheur De Vivre ( Joy Of Life ) And Picasso s...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. This paper will also discuss how both works of art can be simultaneously seen as (1) inspired by, and (2) breaking free of Paul Cà ©zanne’s work The Large Bathers. This discussion will also make note of specific visual references. Matisse (Courtesy of https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Bonheur_Matisse.jpg). Bonheur de Vivre (1905-1906) is considered to be a work created during the Fauvism period of art. Fauvism separated the use of color, from its purpose of representing objects in the real world, and was inspired by works from Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Paul Cà ©zanne.†¦show more content†¦2). Paul Cà ©zanne s work at the Salon d Automne in 1907 deeply influenced Picasso and Georges Braque, as Cezanne had used geometric planes and shapes to represent the natural world in a ground breaking way. In a way, Cezanne’s work became a form of posthumous challenge to both Picasso and Braque. Les Demoiselles d Avignon is an important piece of work to the Cubist movement, but it was more like a prototype. Picasso had abandoned the idea of using three dimensions, and instead flattened his subjects onto a two-dimensional plane. The women themselves at times are distorte d and rely on particular geometric shapes to depict them. Some of the faces seem abstract and more like masks rather than true human faces. The poses of the women are aggressive as prostitutes working professionally and considering the state of sexuality and morality in art at this time, was highly shocking and novel to the audience. Cà ©zanne (Courtesy of https://ka-perseus-images.s3.amazonaws.com/2e2378e2f6d9a91010de8ab0345b54f08c5a24ea.jpg). The Large Bathers (1906) is considered to be a work of Paul Cà ©zanne painted during the post-Impressionism period of art. The work has a haze of blue and green colors, and Cezanne had spent a great deal of time studying nude shapes and the use of space. The Large Bathers is considered to be a well-litShow MoreRelatedPablo Picassos Cubism And Henri Matisse Fauvism1845 Words   |  8 Pagescompletely disordered by revolutionary ideas and styles. This art influenced a vast majority of modern day art. Pablo Picasso’s cubism and Henri Matisse fauvism helped shape this era not only in style of painting, but a revolution against conformity of a social artistic structure. Cubism was a style of painting imagined, created, and performed by Pablo Picasso. Cubism represents an art movement in which geometric shapes are manipulated to conjoint an object. For example, Two different size boxes and