Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is considered the first painting in the modern style because the painting isn't like traditional painting of the era. women were painted to be feminine, and yet these women don't have that attribute. i believe the reason for that is because they aren't defined by curves and smooth lines, instead they share rough edges and simple forms just like everything else in the painting. each of the five women share nothing in common, even each breast is shaped differently.

this painting challenged what was the standard for painting. It got people to take a new look on what was on the canvas, more then an object but simplistic shapes. Picasso probably didn't intend for his painting to challenge the world, but it did. the use of multiple cultures embedded into one painting helped this effect. by containing the culture and such simplistic forms is was like defying god.

in my opinion, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is considered to be the first painting in the modern style is because the effect it had one the world. the use of masks in the painting could be said to be a reference to African masks, but yet Picasso stated this wasn't true. he visited Africa a couple of months before painting it, and its stated that a lot of planning went into this painting. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon became the icon to be different, and that's what makes it the first modern painting. one could say Picasso painted the an experiment that changed the world.