Solid shapes and surrounding space was translated into overlapping geometric arrangements. ... In the Girl With A Mandolin, Picasso has dislocated the natural forms of the girl and reduced them to geometrical shapes that have been flattened out into rectangles or circle segments. ... By reducing all forms to simple plane shapes, it becomes possible to illustrate the interactions between subjects as their elements become interchangeable. ... In the Violin and Palette, shapes are simply fragmented and shattered rather than eliminated. ... This rhythmic process is carried through the effects of s...

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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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