Here is a compare and contrast essay analyzing two works of art:
The works of art that I will compare and contrast are Pablo Picasso's painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Henri Matisse's painting The Dance (1909-1910). Both paintings were influential in the development of modern art in the early 20th century as seminal works of Cubism and Fauvism respectively.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon depicts five nude female figures in a brothel-like setting. Picasso uses angular, fragmented forms and jarring perspectives to represent the figures. The painting has a harsh, aggressive quality with its dissonant colors and disjointed composition. In contrast, The Dance depicts