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The feel of the surface of a picture leads to the introduction of formal relationships:
:1906-1907 You are a man "You" is a pronoun. "You" becomes a formalistic element, divorced from the you are relationship [[therefore]] [image] - eyes, etc assume a new element. Picasso was first artist to discover this (Gertrude Stein in lit.)

Cubism - 
The silhouette is no longer a bounding function. Form is no longer isolatory form.
1. creation of many planes on the picture plane
2. light not from direct experience
3. elimination of background plane

Old  
notion of order in art - 
(harmony) characteristic of art. duty of artist is to portray that which would parallel that harmony.

Modern  
nature is chaos - duty of artist is to create a form of order (cubists) with the elements of disorder presented a priori in the work showing an contrived order. The work must show cleverness and ingenuity and the process of control over chaos.

to establish the absolute independence of the artist.

Transcription Notes:
image - distorted face