This painting by Picasso was painted in 1907 and it is the most famous example of the cubism art movement. 

It is not a typical painting representing female beauty, it is very distorted with unrealistic proportions and geometric shapes. It shows five naked females posing within a material, the faces of the women are very unusual, especially the two on the right being very dark and weird, almost as if these women were monsters. As in cubism, this painting is edgy and painted from a variety of viewpoints focusing on the underlying structure.  Shading is taking place very dramatically in some places of the painting, the breast and face of the standing woman on the right is very dark. The shading does not blend in, it sits on top of the painting as if it was not to be there. The poses of the women show fear but their body language states relaxation. 

This is from the synthetic phase of cubism where compared to analitical cubism, there were fewer and simpler forms involved. Colour and design were very important aspects in the cubism period, colour here works effectively. There is a nice contrast between the highlights and shades in the painting as they are both dramatic and all that is in between is the bodies of the women.