The first solid interpretation of the damsels to make a mark was delivered from formalist criteria. Thus, as far as was possible the content of the work was disregarded, studying only in great detail all its pictorial or purely plastic values that proclaimed the great avant-guard revolution: the substitution of the Renaissance visual order with the modern visual order. From this point of view the Demoiselles appear as the seed of one of the most relevant avant-guard movements —Cubism. This chapter deals with the origin and how the formalist version shaped the painting —and Modern Art itself (from the 1920s until approximately the 1960s).
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Chapter Title
“Naked Problems”. Origin and Reach of the Formalist Interpretations
Authors
Maite Méndez Baiges
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-656-8.04
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Publication Year
2022
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Book Title
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and Modernism
Authors
Maite Méndez Baiges
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
148
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-656-8
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-655-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-656-8
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-657-5
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919