Cubism

/kjˈuːbɪzəm/

/ˈkjubɪzəm/

Cubism

an early 20th-century art movement that portrays an object or person in a fragmented form and from different angles simultaneously

Examples

1. The painter's work is influenced by cubism, a style made famous by Picasso.

2. Picasso and Braque abandoned cubism.

3. Fauvism, cubism, Impressionism and abstract art all saw their beginnings in Paris.

4. And from this painting, and that negative comment, came the term cubism.