Video Blog

I choose the video Matisse and Picasso and The Impact on Cubism because they both seemed interesting and I wanted to learn more about Cubism. Matisse and Picasso explains the relationship and differences between these two artists who were long time friends but also artistic rivals. Matisse is very rational and possessed a French way of thinking. Picasso is impulsive and puts himself within his work.  They studied eachother’s paintings to learn from them or to learn what not to do.  In The Impact of Cubism, it discusses paintings that were influential during the 20^th century.  Robert  Delaunlay’s Champ de Mars gives several different points of views. This painting uses different perspectives and time and memory as the elements shown.  Sonia Delaunlay created “Electric Prisms” there are spirals that show direction and it symbolizes Paris’s electric lights. The videos relate to the readings in the text because chapter 21 discusses Picasso and Matisse and how they were good friends but yet rivals in the art world as well.  Both videos relate to the text because both were discussed in the text. Chapter 21 discusses the shattering form of Cubism and how space and form became so highly considered in paintings during that time and not so much the color aspect of it. Therelationships between the artists Picasso and Matisse is also talked about including how they lived their own separate lives as well. I think the films are very informative on how and what has been created during the 1900s and how Cubism came to be so important and still used in paintings today.