Pablo Picasso - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Pablo Picasso - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Listening & Summarizing


1. Listening to a description:

While you are listening to the interview, jot down specific information (e.g., names, terms, dates, events…) that you think is important for you to understand these art works.

1907, 5 native women, illusion of their real body, simplified lines, plat sprint of colors, striate diagrammatic shape, a piece of melon – crescent moon, boomerang shape – hand or a piece of melon, curtain – sharp glass

2. Listening to a commentary description:

While you are listening to the narration, job down the most important information. After that, summarize what you have listened.

The speaker talked about background of title, composition, women’s feature, and the view point of audience. He explained the meaning and importance of this painting in that and this time. Further more he suggested how people can see and understand this painting and Picasso.

3. Take note activities

While you are listening to this recording, take notes whatever you think is important.

Turn 100 years, angularity & shocking, discomposing, absorb & challenging(1907), Cubism, changing everything, coincident composition


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7708283

4. More listening activities

While you are listening this interview, find out two most important facts about Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

1. He was looking at African sculpture and Arabic art before he drew this.
2. He created multiple perspectives which have complete different perspectives in one painting.

http://redstudio.moma.org/interviews/behind/#