Cubist paintings are often monochromatic. Portrait de Jacques Nayral by Albert Gleizesĥ. The painting also foreshadows the Futurist movement by depicting repeated elements to show dynamism and motion of the crowd. Note the pipe-shaped bodies parts of the wedding guests on the left of the bride.
The artwork is Cubist as it shows mutliple viewpoints of the crowded scene. He might be a priest or a parent of the bride or the groom. His hand is above the couple in a way to bless their union. The identity of the man in blue (in the upper half of the painting) is not clear. Next to her, dressed in green, is the groom whose hand is on her shoulder to support her. Her white dress takes up all the space to the bottom of the painting. The Sacré-Cœur Basilica is at the top of the painting.Ī wedding procession is theme of this painting. On the left of the central figure, another one is gazing into a mirror in her left hand, while holding a fan in her right hand The boat is placed on the right side under the steam ship. Another figure, wearing a necklace, is reclining next to a red bird. The central figure is holding a blue bird. L’Oiseau bleu (The Blue Bird) by Jean MetzingerĬan you spot the following in the above painting: a basilica, a steam ship, a boat, a necklace, a pyramid, a mirror, a fan, a fruit bowl, four different birds, three nude women? With the same painting displaying different viewpoints, different lighting, and even different times of day, sometimes it’s too complex to understand. Sometimes the object and background interpenetrate one another.
True! When you’re confronted by a Cubist painting, you have to put the pieces together in your mind to understand what it represents.
Its haters once described the Cubist canvas as a field of broken glass.
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