African art–influenced Period
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The African art–influenced Period is a phase in Pablo Picasso’s work, around 1907–1909, marked by stylized, mask-like figures and forms inspired by traditional African sculpture that helped lead to the development of Cubism.
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| African art–influenced Period canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: African art–influenced Period Context triple: [Pablo Picasso, period, African art–influenced Period]
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Art Deco
Art Deco is a decorative visual arts and architectural style from the early 20th century characterized by bold geometric forms, rich colors, and lavish ornamentation that symbolized modernity and luxury.
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Colonial Baroque
Colonial Baroque is a regional form of Baroque art and architecture that developed in European colonies, especially in Latin America, blending European Baroque aesthetics with local materials, traditions, and indigenous influences.
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an ornamental art and design movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by flowing organic lines, floral motifs, and a synthesis of fine and applied arts.
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Northern Mannerism
Northern Mannerism was a late Renaissance artistic style that developed in Northern Europe, characterized by elongated figures, complex compositions, and highly refined, often extravagant decorative detail.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: African art–influenced Period Target entity description: The African art–influenced Period is a phase in Pablo Picasso’s work, around 1907–1909, marked by stylized, mask-like figures and forms inspired by traditional African sculpture that helped lead to the development of Cubism.
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A.
Art Deco
Art Deco is a decorative visual arts and architectural style from the early 20th century characterized by bold geometric forms, rich colors, and lavish ornamentation that symbolized modernity and luxury.
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B.
Colonial Baroque
Colonial Baroque is a regional form of Baroque art and architecture that developed in European colonies, especially in Latin America, blending European Baroque aesthetics with local materials, traditions, and indigenous influences.
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C.
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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D.
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an ornamental art and design movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by flowing organic lines, floral motifs, and a synthesis of fine and applied arts.
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E.
Northern Mannerism
Northern Mannerism was a late Renaissance artistic style that developed in Northern Europe, characterized by elongated figures, complex compositions, and highly refined, often extravagant decorative detail.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic period
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phase in Pablo Picasso's work ⓘ proto-Cubist period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
African Period
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Black Period ⓘ Negro Period ⓘ Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
surface form:
Primitivist phase of Picasso
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| artHistoricalSignificance |
challenged traditional Western representation of the human figure
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important example of European primitivism in art ⓘ key stage in the development of Cubism ⓘ marks transition from Picasso’s Rose Period to Cubism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Georges Braque
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Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| endTime | 1909 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Cubism
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surface form:
Analytical Cubism
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| follows |
Blue Period
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Rose Period ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distortion of human anatomy
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emphasis on flatness of the picture plane ⓘ experimental treatment of space ⓘ frontal and profile views combined ⓘ geometric simplification of forms ⓘ influence of non-Western aesthetics ⓘ reduction of detail ⓘ stylized mask-like faces ⓘ use of earth tones and muted palette ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century modern art
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Cubism ⓘ
surface form:
Analytical Cubism
Cubism ⓘ European avant-garde ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dan masks
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Fang masks ⓘ Grebo masks ⓘ Iberian sculpture ⓘ Musée de l’Homme ⓘ
surface form:
Musée d’Ethnographie du Trocadéro
ethnographic collections in Paris ⓘ primitivism ⓘ traditional African sculpture ⓘ |
| mainArtist | Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| movement |
Modernism
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Primitivism ⓘ Cubism ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Cubism
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| notableWork |
Bust of a Woman (Fernande)
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Bust of a Woman (Fernande) ⓘ
surface form:
Head of a Woman (Fernande)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
surface form:
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Nude with Raised Arms ⓘ Seated Nude (1908) ⓘ Three Women (1907–1908) ⓘ |
| startTime | 1907 ⓘ |
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