JOHN NASH comments on Picasso's
Les demoiselles d'Avignon
Les demoiselles d'Avignon was a violent attack on a central tradition of Western painting. It was also a crucial first step in the development of Cubism, and so. Mr Nash argues, art historians and critics have largely mistaken the significance of Picasso's iconoclasm. Mr Nash is principal Lecturer in the History of Art at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London