... of five female prostitutes. This painting was influenced by the barbaric qualities of primitive Iberian and African art, as well as Cézanne, another well-known artist. Picasso was influenced by a particular painting of Cézanne known as "Bathers." However, Picasso changed the style of his painting to a more contemporary and aggressive one. As Picasso says, "According to my first idea, there were also going to be men in the painting. There was a student holding a skull, and a sailor. The women were eating-that explains the basket of fruit that is still in the painting. Then it changed and became what it is now." From Cézanne's paintings, Picasso understood realized that outlines of landscapes and bodies could be broken up, and that the hidden sensitive sides of perspective objects can also be shown. The painting depicts five female prostitutes in a brothel. Rather than being portrayed as rounded volumes, the ...

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