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The Three Musicians By Pablo Picasso

In 1921 3 Musicians was created by Pablomusician's evident instruments.
Picasso as a farewell piece to SyntheticThe central figure is a Harlequin
cubism.playing guitar while two other musicians
Cubism itself consists of differentsit faithfully by his side. These other
points of view, typically createdtwo are believed to be a Pierrot and
through geometric figures, which areMonk. The Pierrot is featured on the
then compiled into one completeleft side of the painting performing
painting. Cubism lasted for fifteenwith a saxophone up to his mouth. There
years and evolved into three phases ofis also a dog beneath his feet appearing
Cubism which Picasso explored;to be lost within the shadows due to the
Analytical, Synthetic, and Curvilinear.definition solely in his ears, tail and
The transformation from Analyticalfeet. There's incongruity in the small
Cubism to Synthetic Cubism began arounddetail of the musical notes on the score
1912. Picasso, began featuring colorheld by the Monk, who is to the right of
and emotion in his artwork. Syntheticthe Harlequin.
Cubism converted Picasso into a geniusThe Harlequin and a Pierrot are
of extreme passion. This phasecharacters in Italian opera, which
accentuated an abstract approach to thePicasso often identified with. Picasso
different views of the object and theirrepeatedly depicted himself as the
representation on paper. DiverseHarlequin throughout his work. He
textures, materials and colorsidentified with the Harlequin's life as
distinguished the quasi-geometrican individual destined to live outside
shapes, which were in fact, quitemainstream society, and someone who
dissimilar from the actual image.supported himself as an entertainer and
"Three Musicians" was an essential pieceperformer of magic tricks. The
to this period and really encompassedHarlequin's ability to transform
the major theme of Synthetic Cubism.whatever he touched with his magic wand
The "Three Musicians" is anwas a metaphor for artistic creation
interpretation of a musical groupwith the painter's brush. The Pierrot
performing in a small cafe. The figuresand Monk were said to be poet friends of
and background images are composed fromPicassos.
a collage of different colors: blue,It appears that this painting is created
brown, white, red, black and yellow.by large pieces of either paper or
This painting is created by largefabric that are then cut and pasted into
geometric pieces, of what appears to belarge geometric shapes, but the painting
either paper or fabric, but is actuallyin fact was entirely done with oil on
oil on canvas. These are then compiledcanvas. The ridged patches of colors
into three surprisingly level musicians.and shapes are what cause people to
The sharp-edged patches of colors andbelieve that the music being played has
shapes are what help to express anan unstable and crooked rhythm.
unstable or rapid rhythm from the



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