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cubism

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/Part of speech nounSorted bcimsuStarts with CEnds with M0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes

Word origin

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.

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  • 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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