Explain why Les Demoiselles d Avignon a groundbreaking painting?

1) Visit the following websites and read the information about Picasso’s painting, Les Demoiselles d Avignon, 1907:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/visualarts/picasso_a.html

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79766

2) Based on the information above, answer the following questions:

Why was Les Demoiselles d Avignon a groundbreaking painting? Why is it so significant? Discuss at least 3 reasons. Include a discussion of the breakdown of form, African and Iberian sculpture, the de-sexualized female nude, perspective, broken picture planes, etc.

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