cubism
noun/kjuːbɪzəm/
Frequency rank: #19,367 most common English word
Meaning
An early 20th-century art movement that depicts subjects as fragmented geometric forms viewed from multiple angles simultaneously.
Example sentence
The art professor explained that cubism broke objects into geometric shapes to show multiple perspectives at once.
Synonyms & related words
- modernism
- abstraction
- avant-garde
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