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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic period
ⓘ
phase in Pablo Picasso's work ⓘ proto-Cubist period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
African Period
ⓘ
Black Period ⓘ Negro Period ⓘ Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ⓘ
surface form:
Primitivist phase of Picasso
|
| artHistoricalSignificance |
challenged traditional Western representation of the human figure
ⓘ
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
|
| follows |
Blue Period
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
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
|
| 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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