The Barbaric Dance (Before Salomé and Herod)
1905
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1905
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Barbaric Dance (Before Salomé and Herod) is a 1905 by Pablo Picasso, depicting party, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a wild, crowded scene with dancing figures and a large head in the background. The colors are mostly dull greys and browns. The shapes are rough and sharp, almost like broken glass. Picasso made this in 1905, during a time when he wasn’t using bright colors. He focused more on strange, twisted forms. It feels raw and a little scary, like a nightmare. Look up Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) to see more like this.
