Houses on the Hill, 1909
This painting is a prototypical example of Picasso's
Analytical Cubism period. This is because of its
monochromatic appearance, and the way that all of its features
have cube-like shapes. The deviations from traditional
perspective are great here. There is no central vanishing point, and the
picture appears divergent, so that the farthest objects look the widest. This has the
affect of making the picture open up. With an arbitrary usage
of light, and a disregard of atmospheric perspective, outlines
are more eccentuated, and shapes more discernable. Every part of this
painting is made up of a plane, making all features have a
common aspect. We can see here the way that Picasso has
now changed his style of painting so that traditional
forms are ignored, and the styles and focusses of paintings
are totally up to the interpretation of the artist, and what he wants to express.
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