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cubism

Cubism is a movement in art that began in France in 1907 that is characterized by the use of geometric planes and shapes. (noun)

Works of Pablo Picasso that consist of interlocking shapes and geometric planes are examples ofcubism.

See cubism in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a movement in art, esp. of the early 20th cent., characterized by a separation of the subject into cubes and other geometric forms in abstract arrangements rather than by a realistic representation

Related Forms:

cubist noun, adjective
cubistic adjective

See cubism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cub·ism also Cub·ism

noun

A nonobjective school of painting and sculpture developed in Paris in the early 20th century, characterized by the reduction and fragmentation of natural forms into abstract, often geometric structures usually rendered as a set of discrete planes.

Related Forms:

cubist cubˈist noun

cubistic cu·bisˈtic adjective

cu·bisˈti·cal·ly adverb

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