cubism

/ˈkjuːbɪzəm/
noun
  1. An early 20th-century art movement that depicts subjects from multiple viewpoints using geometric shapes, especially cubes.
    • The museum's cubism exhibit showed how painters broke objects into geometric fragments.
    • Picasso and Braque are the two most famous artists associated with cubism.
    • She studied cubism in her art history class and tried to paint in that style.
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