FAH288H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bicycle Wheel, Ashcan School, Georges Braque
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Marcel duchamp was rejected by the members because they did not understand his art work and it did not go along with their work: henri le fauconnier abundance (1910) uses analytic cubism, but in a different way representational blocky foreground: 2 figures: one a boy, one a woman (possibly mother), food or objects in hand background: a town, possibly a castle or mountains, or village, farmland. Water on the central right area a sense of plentitude, throughout no interest in simultaneity celebrating plentitude or abundance that can be found in france, fertility, lovely women and children, shows the lovely nature and abundance in france: comparisons: henri le fouconnier abundance and braque portuguese. Eiffel tower sense of movement inspired by the futurists, use of red colour: robert delaunay: eiffel tower buildings along the edges as well as the central eiffel tower seems to be moving sense of movement joyful and delightful hinting that the canvas acts as a window.
