Skimming to Find the Argument

    For each paragraph circle or underline key words and make notes about… *What did you learn? What can you predict? What do you need to find out? Think about topic, argument, genre, details (who? what? where? when?), etc.! 1. Cubism, developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, was a truly revolutionary style of modern art… ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ _______________________________They had many influences and in turn, made a huge impact on the world. 2. In the four decades from 1870-1910, western society witnessed more technological progress than in the previous four centuries.______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________This new approach was called Cubism. 3. Picasso and Braque developed cubism around 1907 in Paris and their starting point was a common interest in the paintings of Paul Cézanne.__________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________________ ___________________________________________________________________ _________________________________It was this flat abstract approach that appealed to the cubists. 4. The cubists also found inspiration in the traditional art of other cultures, especially African art. 2 ___________________________________________________________________ _____ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________...paintin gs and prints were influenced by the native culture of Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands where he spent his final years. 5. The cubists saw that in traditional European art, a subject was drawn from a single position, and the result was frozen, like a photo, but the cubists… _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________________________Cubism was, therefore, an attempt at a more realistic way of painting what we see. 6. Cubism had two distinct phases. ________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________Lines, colours, patterns and textures switched from geometric to freehand, dark to light. 7. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque conceived and developed cubism but other notable artists of the time also adopted the style,… ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Its impact on the language of art has prevailed to this day.