Two works of 20th Century Art Styles, Cubism and Surrealism

Cubism: Pablo Picasso ( Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907)

This cubism art work represent five naked women who faces appear to be flat and inspired by African mask. Each figure is also depicted in a disturbing confrontational manner and none are shown to be feminine. Picasso used great geometric form to show the distortion of the females body. This offered idealized representation on female beauty. This painting is square to the eye which  disposes you to attend space and symmetry. Picasso also used lack of bright colors, only using nude and dull looks of color. 

Surrealism: Giorgio de Chirico (The song of love 1914)


This surrealism art work bring together bizarre and unrelated objects. The head of a classic Greek statue, an oversized rubber glove, a green ball, and a train covered in darkness, silhouetted against a bright blue sky. He also used atomopheric perspective in which the train looks smaller than it appears.  De Chirico created what he termed "metaphysical" paintings, representation of what lies "beyond the physical" world. Disguised in an atmosphere full of anxiety and sorrow, using mostly dark colors evoke the intense irrationality of a universe torn apart by WWI.