What is Cubism?
Famous Artists
Famous Paintings
How it Looks
Fun Facts
100

This art style breaks objects into shapes

What is Cubism?

100

This Spanish artist helped create Cubism

Who is Pablo Picasso?

100

This painting shows three musicians in blocky shapes

What is The Three Musicians?
100

Cubist art often looks realistic or broken apart?

What is broken apart?

100

Cubism began in the early 20th century. That means the 1900s or 1800s?

What are the 1900s?

200

Cubism began around this year:

A. 1500

B. 1700

C. 1907

What is C, 1907?

200

This artist worked closely with Picasso

Who is George Braque?

200

This huge black-and-white painting shows the horrors of war

What is Guernica?

200

Early Cubist paintings used bright colors or dull colors?

What are dull (neutral) colors?

200

Picasso lived from 1881 to 1973. Did he live a short or long life?

What is a long life?

300

Cubism started in this country:

A. France

B. Italy

C. Mexico

What is A, France?

300

The artist painted many colorful Cubist still lifes

Who is Juan Gris

300

This early Cubist painting shocked people in 1907

What is Les Demoiselles d'Avignon?

300

Later Cubism added bright colors and this cut-and-paste technique

What is collage?

300

Cubism helped lead to this kind of art that does not look realistic

What is abstract art?

400

Cubist artists show objects from many of these at once

What are views (or angles/viewpoints)?

400

Picasso was born in this country

What is Spain?

400

This artwork shows musical instruments broken into shapes

What is Violin and Candlestick?

400

Cubism often makes space look flat instead of deep

What is flat space?

400

The word "Cubism" comes from this shape

What is a cube?

500

Cubism uses lots of these: circles or geometric shapes?

What are geometric shapes?

500

Braque and Picasso were friends and worked together in this city

What is Paris?

500

This painting shows a woman holding a mandolin

What is Woman with a Mandolin?

500

Cubist artists were inspired by African masks and sculptures

What are African masks?

500

Cubism changed the way artists showed this: one view or many views?

What are many views?

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