cubism

cubism
noun /ˈkjuːb.izəm/
An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.

Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.

See Also: cubist, cubistic, cubistically

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  • cubism — CUBÍSM s.n. Mişcare artistică apărută la începutul sec. XX, care prezintă obiectele din realitate descompuse în cele mai simple figuri geometrice, fără a ţine seamă de asemănarea exterioară cu obiectele reprezentate. – Din fr. cubisme. Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • Cubism — Cu bism (k[=u] b[i^]z m), n. (Painting) A movement or phase in post impressionism (which see, below). {Cu bist}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cubism — (n.) 1911, from Fr. cubisme, from cube (see CUBE (Cf. cube) (n.)), said to have been coined by French art critic Louis Vauxcelles at the 1908 Salon des Indépendants in reference to a work by Georges Braque. Related: Cubist …   Etymology dictionary

  • cubism — ► NOUN ▪ an early 20th century style of painting making use of simple geometric shapes and interlocking planes. DERIVATIVES cubist noun & adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • cubism — [kyo͞ob′iz΄əm] n. 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 cubist [kyo͞ob′ist] n., adj.… …   English World dictionary

  • Cubism — Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d Avignon, 1907. Considered to be a major step towards the founding of the Cubist movement.[1] Cubism was a 20th century avant garde art movement, pioneered by P …   Wikipedia

  • cubism — cubist, n. cubistic, adj. /kyooh biz euhm/, n. (sometimes cap.) Fine Arts. a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their… …   Universalium

  • Cubism — [[t]kju͟ːbɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Cubism is a style of art, begun in the early twentieth century, in which objects are represented as if they could be seen from several different positions at the same time, using many lines and geometric shapes …   English dictionary

  • Cubism (video) — Cubism Video by Pet Shop Boys Released May 21, 2007 (UK) July 24, 2007 (US) Recorded November 14, 2006 at the Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico …   Wikipedia

  • cubism — noun Usage: often capitalized Date: 1911 a style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements especially by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of depicted …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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