6.But life was not easy for an unknown painter.The struggle began to show in a new choice of subjects. For several years he painted people from the poorer parts of the city.He painted men and women who were thin,hungry,tired,sick and blind.His colours got darker.Most of these pictures were painted in shades of blue and showed very clearly what the artist saw and felt.The paintings of this "blue period" are full of pity and despair
6. But life was not easy for an unknown painter. The struggle began to show in a new choice of subjects. For several years he painted people from the poorer parts of the city. He painted men and women who were thin, hungry, tired, sick and blind. His colours got darker. Most of these pictures were painted in shades of blue and showed very clearly what the artist saw and felt. The paintings of this “blue period” are full of pity and despair
7.Picasso did not have to wait long for success.As he began to sell his pictures and to become recognised as a painter,his pictures took on a warmer look.At the same time he began to paint with more and more freedom and independence.He began to see people and places in terms of simple forms and shapes.He no longer tried to make his pictures true-to-life
7. Picasso did not have to wait long for success. As he began to sell his pictures and to become recognised as a painter, his pictures took on a warmer look. At the same time he began to paint with more and more freedom and independence. He began to see people and places in terms of simple forms and shapes. He no longer tried to make his pictures true-to-life
8.The results at first seemed strange and unreal. The pictures were difficult to understand.He painted human heads,scenes from nature,or common objects all in the same way:as if their shape were the one important thing about them.This style of painting,which spread to many other artists,was known as cubism,from the shape of the cube
8. The results at first seemed strange and unreal. The pictures were difficult to understand. He painted human heads, scenes from nature, or common objects all in the same way: as if their shape were the one important thing about them. This style of painting, which spread to many other artists, was known as cubism, from the shape of the cube
9.Picasso was often attacked for this new, sometimes frightening style.It produced pictures like some of our worst dreams.In this century the camera has made it unnecessary for painters to make exact representation of what they see.A camera can reflect real life more exactly.What great paintings give us is a view of life through one man's eyes,and every man's view is different
9. Picasso was often attacked for this new, sometimes frightening style. It produced pictures like some of our worst dreams. In this century the camera has made it unnecessary for painters to make exact representation of what they see. A camera can reflect real life more exactly. What great paintings give us is a view of life through one man’s eyes, and every man’s view is different
10.Some of Picasso's paintings are rich,soft- coloured and beautiful.Others are ugly and cruel, strange with sharp,black outlines.But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves.They can make our own view of the world sharper.For they force us to say to ourselves,"What does he see that makes him paint like that?"And we begin to look beneath the surface of the things we see
10. Some of Picasso’s paintings are rich, softcoloured and beautiful. Others are ugly and cruel, strange with sharp, black outlines. But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. They can make our own view of the world sharper. For they force us to say to ourselves, “What does he see that makes him paint like that?” And we begin to look beneath the surface of the things we see