Annotated Bibliography for Picasso

Introduction

            Picasso was probably the most influential and greatest artists that ever lived. He was born on 6th in the month of October in the year 1881. He passed away at the age of 92 years on April 8th, 1973. Picasso was from Spain, and he was a painter, sculptor, print maker, stage designer, poet, ceramicist, and play writer. The reason I picked to study the topic is because Picasso is described as one of the greatest talented artists who ever lived and who ever graced the artistry world. What interests about the topic is the ability of Picasso to do multiple artistry activities and remain one of the greatest.

            The fact that Picasso could do several artistry things at the same time while remaining good in them captures the transformation of the modern art. He would probably not have been in a position to influence how art is done in the current times had he stuck to painting only. It is also important because he developed cubism where he used monochrome brownish and neutral colors. Studying Picasso through bibliography is important to the study of humanities. The study of Picasso helps the humanities to develop life-long skills such as analytical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and clarity in both written and spoken self-expression. Examination of the topic will also help me travel back in history from where the painting or the song is composed of. It also makes one feel something such as empathy, desire, and connection among others.

Scholarly Articles on Picasso Art Work

Cohen, J. (2015). Staring Back: Anthropometric-style African Colonial Photography and Picasso's Demoiselles. Photography and Culture, 8(1), 59-80.

            The article provides the outcomes of the exploration of new ground about the role of African colonial photography while Picasso was developing the 1907 painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. It builds on our knowledge of Picasso’s use of photographs as source materials to develop other paintings at that time. I consider the role of a specific type of a colonial photographic practice that nobody has discussed previously in the context of the painting. The painting is multi-figural and anthropometric which is a style of photography taken of African subjects and taken to the European markets before the 20th century. The article discusses how such photographs were distributed in the European Capitals as well as their ubiquity in Paris during those times (Cohen, 2015)

            The article also shows that Picasso found in these photographs several solutions for Demoiselles. The article also examines a framework for the painting final composition, certain poses, and elements that played a great part in contributing to Picasso’s nascent interest in several perspectives. It is also an expressive effect core to the transgressive power of the painting during that time and an impetus for the Africanization of Picasso fellow workers. Finally, the article examines the significance of African photographic sources which served as catalyst prompts during the colonial periods. It is also along with the masks and sculptures at the Trocadero which is Picasso’s radical modification of Demoiselles during the summer of 1907 (Cohen, 2015).  

Sgourev, S. V. (2013). How Paris gave rise to Cubism (and Picasso): Ambiguity and fragmentation in radical innovation. Organization Science, 24(6), 1601-1617.

            The journal and the information contained within offer a structural analysis of innovation. However, there is one substantive question that is prevalent. What drives radical innovation if its peripheral actors are the ones more likely to come with radical ideas but they do not have the capability and are not positioned well to promote them? The journal offers an inductive study to how Picasso originated with the idea of cubism and gave rise to it. The article also introduces some new and keywords used throughout such as innovation, ambiguity, emergence, creativity, cubism, and market fragmentation. The journal is more about a revolution paradigm that did away with classic principles of how art was being represented during those times. It resulted in a model where the periphery moves towards the core through collective action. This is what it is also asserted. Besides that, the core also moves towards the main periphery thus becoming receptive to radical ideas (Sgourev, 2013).

             The way the article is designed, there are no challenges identified. The development of cubism as an origin from Picasso is one that no student can disagree. The development is well understood not only from this article but also from other articles in other sources. The article is a multilevel analysis that links individual creativity specifically Picasso, his peer networks, and art fields. The article helps the student have a comprehensive understanding of art and cubism because of the way it is presented. It facilitates diffusion in the absence of any other article, coherent grasp of art, and enables a student to participate in art-related activities actively (Sgourev, 2013).

Muñiz Jr, A., Norris, T., & Alan Fine, G. (2014). Marketing artistic careers: Pablo Picasso as brand manager. European Journal of Marketing, 48(1/2), 68-88.

            Before the modern times, scholars did not know that marketing has a lot to learn from art and the history of art. The article looks to admit on how it can build on that work and suggestion. It develops the proposition that successful artists are also powerful brands. The article uses archival data and biographies to explore the branding expertise of Picasso. There is no controversy because Picasso could maneuver with consummate skills where he assured his position in the world. This proposition and stand can be agreed by anyone who has had an interest in art even without having to read this article. It is easily agreeable that Picasso read the culture in which his operations were based and manage the efforts of a complicated system which had different intermediaries and stakeholders and which did not match other organizations thus achieving his level of success (Muñiz et al., 2014).

            The article introduces such new words as intermediaries, stakeholders, multifaceted public identity, and branding among many others. One of the quotations that could be used in the final project is “create meaning that structures our world” (p.41). The article is important in such ways that they have a comprehensive understanding of branding and art. Not only branding and art but also marketing as branding is synonymous with marketing. Having this understanding helps a student have grasped of other things such as branding and marketing helps a student understanding art and Picasso well (Muñiz et al., 2014).

References

Cohen, J. (2015). Staring Back: Anthropometric-style African Colonial Photography and Picasso's Demoiselles. Photography and Culture, 8(1), 59-80.

Muñiz Jr, A., Norris, T., & Alan Fine, G. (2014). Marketing artistic careers: Pablo Picasso as         brand manager. European Journal of Marketing, 48(1/2), 68-88.

Sgourev, S. V. (2013). How Paris gave rise to Cubism (and Picasso): Ambiguity and         fragmentation in radical innovation. Organization Science, 24(6), 1601-1617.

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