cubism
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- 12
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Definition of cubism
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(capitalized, countable, often, uncountable)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.”
“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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Etymology
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)).
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