cubism

CEFRC1

/ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A style of art showing objects with simple geometric shapes.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Picasso was a pioneer of the artistic movement called cubism.

  • Cubism was an art movement.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

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In context

  • Pablo Picasso pioneered cubism.

  • Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.

  • A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the term “cubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-garde.

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Origin

noun

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. Sometimes attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles who popularized the term. See also the word cube (from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos)).