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Pourquoi les Demoiselles d’Avignon ont fait scandale ?

Pourquoi les Demoiselles d’Avignon ont fait scandale ?
L’artiste avait initialement nommé son œuvre le bordel d’Avignon, allusion à la rue d’Avignon à Barcelone, réputée pour ses prostituées. C’est pour éviter la censure que Picasso a dû changer le nom de son œuvre, désormais connue sous le nom Demoiselles d’Avignon pour la postérité.
What is Les Demoiselles d'Avignon?
- The title Les Demoiselles d’Avignon(The women of Avignon) was given to the work around the time of its first public exhibition. It alludes to the prostitutes of Barcelona’s red-light district and foregrounds the psychosexual dimension and erotic content that conjoin with Demoiselles’sexplosive form and fuel its continued ability to shock.
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How big is Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon?
- Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907, oil on canvas, 243..7 cm (The Museum of Modern Art, New York) One of the most important canvases of the twentieth century, Picasso’s great breakthrough painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was constructed in response to several significant sources.
Where is Picasso's Avignon?
- Picasso unveiled the monumental painting in his Paris studio after months of revision. The Avignon of the work’s title is a reference to a street in Barcelona famed for its brothels. Gallery label from 2019 Additional text
What is the meaning of the young women of Avignon?
- Its title, which translates to “The Young Women of Avignon,” refers to Avignon Street in Barcelona, home to the prostitutes the artist frequented. The five women’s pinkish-peach-colored bodies, appearing larger than human-scale, fill the space of the painting, which is eight feet high by just over seven feet wide.