SOME famous paintings.

The painting I chose is Desmoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso.
I chose this because a) Picasso is one of my favorite artists and b) because the picture is colorful and abstract, which I love. Picasso uses the entire canvas and this adds interest to the painting and allows a viewer to move from area to area and continually have their attention be captured.
The different colors used in the painting bring life and movement. Each figure looks to be moving and the background against the figures adds contrast.

A little background to the painting : Picasso began working on it in 1907 and it became famous because of it's story. the picture was originally featured two men that were suppose to be a sailor and a medical student, and the women were suppose to be prostitutes. this painting is important because it explored a topic other artists were too afraid to paint on canvas.