ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

CULTURAL AND LITERARY IN MODERNITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The development of cubism, with its geometric and abstract concerns, can be attributed largely to which of the following two artists?
A
Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet
B
T.S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis
C
Claude Monet and édouard Manet
D
George Braque and Pablo Picasso
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It was created by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) and Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963) in Paris between 1907 and 1914.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cubism developed in the aftermath of Pablo Picasso’s shocking 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon in a period of rapid experimentation between Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of Cubism; he created over 50, 000 works of art in his career. The prolific Cubism painter’s works were categorized into periods.

Detailed explanation-4: -In a nutshell, the characteristics of Cubism included: It involved multiple perspectives to simultaneously represent the totality of all objects in the same plane. The color management of Cubism was based on a palette of green, brown and gray colors with little light.

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