Analysis Of Les Demoiselles D Avignon

The painting Les Demoiselles D Avignon by Picasso is considered one of the most important work that defined the era of Cubism in modern art. The central argument in my paper is to understand Les Demoiselles D Avignon as a revolutionary painting of Modern Art. One of the important aspects of Cubism is the wide influence of African art and masks, primitivism and African sculpture. The painting Les Demoiselles d Avignon by Picasso

In the painting the drapes are used to point out the painter`s departure from the traditional form of painting. In the era of Renaissance, the painters perfected the ideal of the human form but Picasso approach to the distortion of the ideal human form led to the remarkable work of art . The painting can be seen as a reflection of the artist`s fear of venereal disease, his perception of mysteriousness of sexual energy and his private affairs with women. The painting consists of an element of psychological anxiety communicated by the masked figures. The effort of labour that Picasso indulged in painting Les Demoiselles D Avignon which is although said to be incomplete work has definitely led to a certain sense of liberation of the artist through his work ,Les Demoiselles DAvignon. According to Lauretis , Feminsit critics have come to this fact that, the avant gard examination of cultural limits so often played itself out on the female body as system of a visual regime where “Women“ serves as “the very ground of representation,both object and support of a desire which ultimately bound up with power and creativity, is the moving force of culture and history“. The fact that the painting Les Demoiselles D Avignon has been able to capture the culture and history of the era

Still life arrangement on the table in the painting suggests a significant theme, refects the idea that all physical pleasures are fleeting, that life is short and the license of Art is the only thing that makes the artist immortal.

The scope for my further research is to explore the painting Les Demoiselles D Avignon from a feminist perspective or to analyse in depth the the still life painting of fruits on the table in the painting Les Demoiselles D