Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles dAvignon, 1907

Elaborate on the details  in this new language of art and can demonstrate visual literacy and critical thinking. Use the terms, phrases and concepts that you are learning in the text when you evaluate specific areas and elements of art. Let me Please  explain the vocabulary used not just mentioning it. Include specific examples. Imagine that your a docent at a museum and have to expound on the details.

Format: You are required to include in text citation and a list of references correctly formatted in MLA or APA style.

Research: DO NOT CITE WIKIPEDIA AS A RESEARCH SOURCE. It is not a reliable source of information. Remember that in art appreciation your personal opinion is not relevant to the evaluation and analysis of art works. You must indicate knowledge of the art. 

Vocabuluary

aesthetic

An experience in the arts or in life, such as watching a sunset, that we value for no reason beyond itself.

beauty

A pleasing arrangement of parts that affects us aesthetically.

classic

A literary work that continues to be read for years, even centuries, after its initial appearance because it remains relevant.

collage

A work of art in which a variety of materials such as newsprint, magazine pictures, crepe paper, even glass and wood are glued together, forming a new whole.

Cubism

An artistic movement of the early twentieth century, epitomized by Picasso, in which the artist abandons Western methods of perspective and modeling; forms are broken down into geometric shapes, arranged in a flattened, two-dimensional space, and viewed from multiple vantage points at the same time.

empathy

Identifying with another actual person or a character in a book, film, or play; becoming, in a sense, that person and being totally involved in his or her problems.