[jgorris]

Compare to Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

[Republicanprofessor]

EAch period has its own style. For early modernism, Les Demoiselles d'Avigon is a ground-breaker.

For the Renaissance, Leonardo was the man (or one of them...)

I wrote a long blurb about the Dem D'Av (as I call it); I have to grade so I can't repeat it here. Check my homepage for the "class" on Cubism and you'll read a great deal about the new forms and content there. :)