ART 001B Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Chiaroscuro, Tribal Art, Vanishing Point
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Slowly transitioning into his own art technique. Getting even closer to his own style. Pablo picasso, gertrude stein, 1906 oil on canvas. Looks like rembrandt"s style of overlapping colors - particularly the background. Sharper features compared to the photo of her. When stein said this isn"t me picasso said it will be you . He knew this painting would be the future identifier of gertrude for the public eye/recognition. Perception/expectations of people can be manipulated through images. They were collected in museums in europe as primitive art. Even though inspired by rembrandt, there"s no chiaroscuro. Often seen as beginning of cubist style. Dark points - very slight use of chiaroscuro. They"re prostitutes ready to take us as their clients. He referred to this painting as his brothel. Wasn"t shown to the public for a very long time. The one sideways woman holding a curtain for the viewer to enter. Table - fallic representation - strong sexual symbolic language.
