Rather than using rounded edges, Picasso creates a sharp, boxy coffee pot with various geometric shapes. The cup, in contrast, uses rounded shapes. ... There is more intensity in certain places such as around the irregular shapes, while the square and rectangular shapes are less dominantly colored. ... Braque fills up most of the space with geometric shapes. ... Often just the geometric form is represented on a flat canvas. ...

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Mondrian's style contained more of a geometric style, rather than the squarer style seen in cubism, Mondrian named this style neoplasticism. ... Mondrian's paintings were made up of mostly horizontal and vertical lines at a 90-degree angle, representing more geometric shapes. ...

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The placement of each object is interesting that we see the shape of objects repeating and rebound to each other. ... There are shape similarities in this painting. ... In addition, the shape of the wave is a reflection to the shadow of the guitar. ... Gris contoured her body with a soft line, which was a contrast to the geometric shapes of colors on her. ... Gris emphasized the reflective symmetry through geometric shapes and colors in the same tone, forming a symphony to a composition. ...

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While analyzing the painting Still Life with a Beer Mug, he pointed out the contrast of the curtains, objects on the table, and the interior view of the mug against the flat geometric shapes and patterns of the rest of the painting. ...

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He started to study African art and then started to paint distorted human shapes. In 1907 went through a discovery stage of Cubism which is breaking up composition into geometric shapes to show the subject from more than one angle at time. ...

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Critics and viewers often misunderstood early Cubist paintings, because they were thought to be merely geometric art. ... Although nature had a movable feeling to it Picasso really defies the concept of nature being flowing and makes the paintings more geometric in shape. ...

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The first stage, called Cezannesque Cubism, basically consisted of a few features created by piecing many different geometric shapes together to create an image. The next stage, called Analytic Cubism, started around 1910, and consisted of less shapes with less simplicity. ...

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Art, it's everywhere you look. From the billboards you see every day to the pictures you take with your camera. It exists on every continent and every country. Art has been around sense the beginning of time and still thrives today. This essay is to inform and highlight some of the most importan...

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