Get to know Cubism better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Cubism in a sentence
Cubism meaning
An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
Synonyms of Cubism
Using Cubism
- The main meaning on this page is: An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
- Useful related words include: artistic movement, art movement.
- In the example corpus, cubism often appears in combinations such as: of cubism, cubism and, synthetic cubism.
Context around Cubism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cubism
- In this selection, "cubism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, synthetic, cover, painting, futurism, extended and citation stand out and add context to how "cubism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an ism cubism futurism surrealism and and the cubism that they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cubism" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cubism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alternative interpretations of Cubism have therefore developed. (7 words)
His work at this time fluctuated between Cubism and Expressionism. (10 words)
Cubism as a publicly debated movement became relatively unified and open to definition. (13 words)
Even at the height of Cubism, which he invented, Picasso always included traces of common objects in his work — a pipe, a hat, a newspaper headline, as if unwilling to lose his last tether to recognizable reality. (37 words)
By 1911 Picasso was recognized as the inventor of Cubism, while Braque’s importance and precedence was argued later, with respect to his treatment of space, volume and mass in the L’Estaque landscapes. (34 words)
However, it did not follow the general guidelines of an "ism" (Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism), nor did it adhere to the principles of art schools like Bauhaus; it was a collective project, a joint enterprise. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cubism in other fields The influence of cubism extended to other artistic fields, outside painting and sculpture.
Three Musicians is a classic example of Synthetic cubism. citation The most innovative period of Cubism was before 1914.
Even at the height of Cubism, which he invented, Picasso always included traces of common objects in his work — a pipe, a hat, a newspaper headline, as if unwilling to lose his last tether to recognizable reality.
Founded in in April 2013, The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art is a leading center for scholarship on modern art, with a special focus on Cubism.
Apollinaire was a French poet, playwright, novelist and art critic, and a strong defender of Cubism and Surrealism.
Charlie was making art referencing Dada, Fluxus, Surrealism, and Cubism way before I had learned about those movements or created art that was remotely provocative.
Alternative interpretations of Cubism have therefore developed.
An advertisement in The Egoist promised it would cover "Cubism, Futurism, Imagisme and all Vital Forms of Modern Art".
Architectural interest in Cubism centered on the dissolution and reconstitution of three-dimensional form, using simple geometric shapes, juxtaposed without the illusions of classical perspective.
Arshile Gorky's portrait of someone who might be Willem de Kooning is an example of the evolution of abstract expressionism from the context of figure painting, cubism and surrealism.
A second phase, Synthetic Cubism, remained vital until around 1919, when the Surrealist movement gained popularity.
By 1907 Fauvism no longer was a shocking new movement, soon it was replaced by Cubism on the critics' radar screen as the latest new development in Contemporary Art of the time.
By 1911 Picasso was recognized as the inventor of Cubism, while Braque’s importance and precedence was argued later, with respect to his treatment of space, volume and mass in the L’Estaque landscapes.
Cubism after 1918 can be seen as part of a wide ideological shift towards conservatism in both French society and culture.
Cubism as a publicly debated movement became relatively unified and open to definition.
Cubism spread rapidly across the globe and in doing so evolved to greater or lesser extent.
During the first years of the independent Czechoslovakia (after 1918), a specifically Czech architectural style, called ‘Rondo-Cubism’, came into existence.
He was among the first champions of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and the Cubism that they jointly developed.
His work at this time fluctuated between Cubism and Expressionism.
However, it did not follow the general guidelines of an "ism" (Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism), nor did it adhere to the principles of art schools like Bauhaus; it was a collective project, a joint enterprise.
Common combinations with cubism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of cubism 11×
- cubism and 6×
- synthetic cubism 5×
- cubism was 4×
- by cubism 3×
- cubism to 3×
- cubism futurism 2×
- cubism while 2×
- between cubism 2×
- exhibition cubism 2×