MUSEUM VISIT Essay #2—Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon vs. Matisse’ Piano Lesson; MoMa

--Paper must be 3-4 pages in length (double-spaced) --Paper must have a title (a good title will reflect your thesis) --Paper must be in Times New Roman 12 point font --Paper margins must be 1" on left and right; top margin must be 1" and bottom margin 1" --Put titles of works of art in italics **IMPORTANT** If you borrow someone else's idea, you must footnote it. If you borrow it directly, you must put their words in quotation (" ") marks. (This applies to all information taken from lecture, books, wall plaques, etc.) Go to MoMA and find Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and Matisse’s The Piano Lesson (1916). Both are located in the Alfred E. Barr Gallery on the fifth floor—ask at information if you cannot find it). Respond to the following prompt: How can Cubism be seen in Picasso’s painting and how does Matisse reveal his own brand of cubism in his painting? Each artist is using his own technique to show that many perspectives are a fundamental way of understanding the modern world and the way that it is seen. While Picasso uses structure, Matisse uses color.