How to Understand a Picasso Painting

Everybody cognize Picasso , his name precedes his art . But what precisely are we looking at when we look at a Picasso painting ? Are we marvel at how hazardous his work was ? Questioning him for cubism ? wonder about his drear menstruation ? think if we could paint some wonky piece and have it considered artistry ? Nerdwriter breaks down how to understand a Picasso painting ( or any art spell , really ) by simplifying it into steps .

First , look at it . What ’s your first response ? Second , understand the cognitive content of what it is that you ’re looking at . What are those embodiment hypothesize to be ? Third , figure out the art frame Picasso is using . fourthly , look at the diachronic context , when was the painting completed and what was happening then ? And fifth , personal context , what was going on in the artist ’s own life when he was making the house painting .

Armed with this knowhow on how to understand Picasso , perhaps we all can go beyond just “ whoa , this looks weird ” in the future . Probably not .