This piece was influenced by African masks and ancient Iberian sculpture and it broke decisively with art of the past by showing that art can either accept beauty or reject it.
This piece was influenced by African masks and ancient Iberian sculpture and it broke decisively with art of the past by showing that art can either accept beauty or reject it. Originally it was to be titled Philosophical Bordello and include men, but the artist simplified it to focus on five prostitutes. The fractured planes of the women are mixed with equally jagged planes representing the background curtains. For ten points, name this seminal work of Pablo Picasso.
This piece was influenced by African masks and ancient Iberian sculpture and it broke decisively with art of the past by showing that art can either accept beauty or reject it.
{Les Demoiselles d’Avignon}