Learn geometry with Picasso!

Hi everyone! J Today, I am going to talk about how we can relate art and geometry. More specially, I am going to discuss how Picasso uses geometry figures in his artworks and how I was able to learn it when I was in Primary School due to a visit we did to the Picasso Museum.

The style that Picasso follows in his artworks is called Cubism, which belongs to the Avant-garde Movement. In these paintings, the traditional perspective disappears. In this way, the natural shapes are represented through geometrical figures. This style provokes the “multiple perspective”, in which an object is represented entire in a unique plane.

Thus, when I went with my classmates to the Picasso Museum I did an activity in which we had to represent ourselves in a “Cubism way”. Therefore, we had to use geometrical figures, lines and planes. This was my result:

To conclude this entry, I would like to say that, personally, I think that it is a really interesting way to make children closer to art and geometry. I remember this task positively and that means something. Therefore, I recommend carrying out a similar activity with your students!