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6. 1906, Brancusi, Constantin, Sleeping Muse, Romanian, Modernist Sculpture.
TXT- This was to show the obsession with himself and had different forms of the head sculpture in marble, bronze, and plaster with each a special distinction. The head is similar to an egg from one of his works of art the Beginning of the World. Page 106
CLS- The head seems to be drifting away in sleep, conscious is dissolving away and have African Mask influences to form sculpture. He reduces form by emphasizing the carvings to have an elegant appearance with mixes of different materials.

7. 1907, Picasso, Pablo, Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon, Spanish, Cubism.
TXT- The five nude women in this painting represent prostitutes from the streets in Avignon because he’s portraying them as primitive species from the appearances on their faces. Each face is different
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Each pose expresses a different emotion and was based off from another piece called Medical Student, Sailor, and Five Nudes in a Bordello.

8. 1907, Henri, Robert, Eva Green, American, Ashcan.
TXT- This painting has little forms of Impressionism because of the texture quality in the face appears to be rough with the brushstrokes. Using a sloppy palette helps create a distinguished subject to describe the facial features. Page 341
CLS- The handling expresses the emotion on the subject’s face due to brush work that’s being applied and have soft black background that sits well in the composition.

9. 1907, Sloan John, The Hairdresser’s Window, American, Ashcan.
TXT- He created this painting from his mind after visiting Henri at his studio and witnessed him at a hairdresser shop. He recreated the scene from the moment he arrived home to complete the finish piece. Page 339
CLS- This was rejected because it’s common subject with low unglamorous subject and the Ashcan school accepted it because it’s where all the waste gets

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