Braque

explored and invented a new way of painting that got its name from critics who

pointed out small cubes in his earliest cubist works. At the end of 1907, Braque met

Picasso at the unveiling of The Ladies of Avignon. This piece and a nude by Braque

of late 1907 would become known as the first cubist paintings. Both artists were

inspired by Cezanne’s use of geometry in representing the subject matter in his

painting. These works being some of the first to reject the classical ideas of painting

by portraying real subject matter abstractly rather then realistically, it was only natural

for the two artists to collaborate on future works. The two began to discuss ideas and

show one another their current works. Eventually this collaboration became a like a

partnership where their ideas were freely traded and built upon by one another.

At the peak of Analytic Cubism, paintings by Braque and Picasso had great

similarities and the pair often painted the same subject matter at the same time. They

worked so close Braque once said that they were like mountain climbers, roped

together and pulling one another up. In 1908 Braque pa

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This move was the first step towards the collage work of both

Braque and Picasso which brought the abstract into reality. While Picasso succeeds in losing the definition

between the two, he does not succeed in making space become primary in the

painting. His work became very structured and more abstract. These planes and forms change from one into the other

and move from background to foreground and vice versa making a two dimensional

image from what, when looked at individually is made up of three dimensional forms

and planes. High Analytical Cubism (1910), what is regarded as

Cubism’s most difficult point, is when the pair worked most closely together. The table is seen through the jutting angle at the bottom.

Further back the base of the candlestick is seen on top of the table. Objects already

easily recognizable by the average man were being used, the use of ads such as these

could have been used in order to not only fuse the two realities, but to force those of

the public into the Cubist reality. The use of an oval canvas, as is found in High Analytic

Cubism, was intended to remove the problem of the corners of Cubist painting.

Picasso’s work pushes the foreground back and pulls the background forward mixing

the two in order to create space. This type of ad,

one that is for objects of desire for the general public, could be seen as a further reach

into the idea of bringing together reality and the new Cubist reality. The idea was to show

the subject from multiple angles.

Braque’s painting Candlestick and Playing Cards (1910) is an example of

Analytic Cubism at its peak. To the right are two playing cards, the ace of hearts,

and the six of diamonds. It was during the

exploration of collage in Cubism that not only words that appeared in newspapers

were cut out, but even larger advertisements.

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