Cubism started in the early 20th century which naturally turned into the Modern Art Century, cubism also inspired movements in music, literature and architeture.
Cubist Construction.
George Braque & Pablo Picasso were pioneers in this movement joined by Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri le Fauconnier and Juan Gris.
Demoiselles D´Avignon (Pablo Picasso 1907)
Cubism brought different views of subjects usually objects and figures together in the same picture, which appeared a fragmentes and abstracted picture.
WHAT INSPIRED CUBISM?
Mostly influenced by the artist Paul Cezanne in which can be seen to be painting thing from different points of view
Paul Cezanne PORTRAIT
TYPES OF CUBISM
ANALYTICAL CUBISM- 1908-12. More severe and are made up of interweaving planes and lines in tones of blacks, greys and ochres.
SYNTHETIC CUBISM- Later phase, considered from 1912 to 1914 and the characteristics are simple shapes and brighter colors. Often include collaged real elements such as newspapers.
FASHION
The first fashion designers in history that got inspired by the art revolution of cubism were Coco Chanel, Paul Poiret and Madeleine Vionnet.
Paul Poiret Designs
Fashion started to change in the 20´s due to many artistic aspects and characteristics that we can still see in these days.
Here are some pictures of the most famous actual designers that it´s main inspiration is ABSTRACT ART. Hope you enjoy.
Mondrian
Alba Prat (Spanish fashion designer)
Givenchy
Viktor and Rolf
Art Deco meets Cubism