Durham E-Theses Guitars with Many Strings: The Meanings of Music in Picassos Early Work 1900-1914 KACZMAREK, MICHELLE,ANIA How to cite: KACZMAREK, MICHELLE,ANIA (2014) Guitars with Many Strings: The Meanings of Music in Picassos Early Work 1900-1914, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10802/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 Abstract Guitars with Many Strings: The Meanings of Music in Picassoʼs Early Work 1900-1914 Michelle Ania Kaczmarek This thesis sets out to explore the use of musical references in Picassoʼs art. Noting that Picasso had no explicit connections to musical practice himself, the study examines the ways in which music appears in the artistʼs work and critically assesses explanations for its dominance and consistency as a subject in Cubist art.