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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescubisme
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ky.bism/
"Le cubisme a transformé notre vision de la perspective en peinture."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and later collage.
"Picasso's early masterpieces helped define the revolutionary principles of cubism." - 2
The aesthetic theory or practice associated with this artistic movement.
"Her thesis explores the profound influence of African tribal masks on the development of cubism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'cubisme', coined around 1908 by art critic Louis Vauxcelles who described paintings by Georges Braque as reducing objects to 'cubes'. It combines the English/French root 'cube' with the artistic suffix '-ism', originating from the early 20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cubism" is said worldwide
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cubisme
Transliteration: /ky.bism/
"Le cubisme a transformé notre vision de la perspective en peinture."
Kubismus
Transliteration: /kuˈbɪsmʊs/
"Der Kubismus revolutionierte die Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts."
cubismo
Transliteration: /kuˈbizmo/
"Il cubismo scompone i soggetti in forme geometriche."
cubismo
Transliteration: /kuˈβizmo/
"El cubismo es una de las corrientes artísticas más importantes del siglo XX."
cubismo
Transliteration: /kuˈbiz.mu/
"O cubismo marcou profundamente a história da arte moderna."
घनवाद
Transliteration: ghanvaad
"घनवाद आधुनिक चित्रकला का एक प्रमुख आंदोलन था।"
立体主义
Transliteration: lìtǐ zhǔyì
"立体主义打破了传统的单点透视法则。"
입체파
Transliteration: ipchepa
"입체파 미술은 기하학적 형태를 화면에 재구성했습니다."
立体派
Transliteration: rittaiha
"キュビスム（立体派）は20世紀の美術に大きな影響を与えた。"
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