1. African Art
What intrigued me about this painting is that unlike most of Picasso's other paintings this one is not an abstract view of expression, although he uses many angular shapes and lines to contour the woman. ... What I like most about this is the humor that was installed not only through the shapes and images, but the texture that pulls it together. What draws me in is the sharp geometric shapes on the lobster which creates a fierce image compared to the much more organic shapes on the cat. This painting combines humor and fear of the two animals duel with contrasts of texture, shapes, and co...
In this early figure almost abstract, geometric forms predominate; and anatomical details are rendered in beautiful anagous patterns. ... Here the artist delineated the figure's anatomy with ridges and grooves that form geometric patterns. ... The total nudity of the Greek kouroi, in contrast, removes them form a specific time, place, or social class; the nude figure is like the gods but is a fully human shape. ...
Mason's huge, rough pots, walls, monumental rectangles, "x" shapes and crosses are a testament to his vitality and artistry. ... He wed the vibrancy of his early work to geometric restraint of firebrick installations to create new totemic sculptures. ...
The figure of the mother and child are engulfed by the large eye-like shape. ... The larger head presumably the mothers is joined as one two a smaller sphere of the child's, this itself appears alike to a natural bulb or growth in my opinion, they are two clear shapes within one form united as one. ... The lower body is even more abstracted of the female figure however the sinuous shapes may suggest dress/cloth texture. ... Picasso also could have influenced through his thick geometric lines which he was using on his work at this time which he took from tribal wood carvings from Africa. ....
