Cubism - the first abstract style of modern art

The Influence of Cézanne PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906) 'Bibemus Quarry', 1895 (oil on canvas) Cézanne was not primarily interested in creating an illusion of depth in his painting and he abandoned the tradition of perspective drawing. Perspective, which had been used since the Early Renaissance, was a geometric formula that solved the problem of how to draw three-dimensional objects on a two dimensional surface. Cézanne felt that the illusionism of perspective denied the fact that a painting is a flat two-dimensional object. The Cubist Vision GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963) 'Viaduct at L'Estaque', 1908 (oil on canvas) The limitations of perspective were also seen as an obstacle to progress by the Cubists. When you look at an object your eye scans it, stopping to register on a certain detail before moving on to the next point of interest and so on. A typical Cubist painting depicts real people, places or objects, but not from a fixed viewpoint. The Cubists The Influence of African Art Beyond Cubism Related: