Cubism Definition

kyo͝obizəm
noun
A movement in art, esp. of the early 20th cent., characterized by a breakdown of the subject into cubes and other geometric forms in abstract arrangements rather than by a realistic representation.
Webster's New World

(often capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.

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Origin of Cubism

  • From French cubisme. One story is that, in 1908, as a new canvas by Braque was being carried past, someone said, “Encore des Cubes! assez de cubisme!”. The quotations below ascribe the coinage to Matisse.

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  • See also the word cube (from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kybos)).

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  • French cubisme from cube cube cube

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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