cubism
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cubism
- /ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
See also the word cube (from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos)).
noun cubisms · Cubism
- An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.
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noun An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes
| Español | cubismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 입체파 ipchepa, 큐비즘 kyubijeum |
| 日本語 | キュビズム kyubizumu, キュービズム kyūbizumu, キュビスム kyubisumu, 立体派 rittaiha |
| 中文 | 立體主義 /立体主义 lìtǐzhǔyì |
| Português | cubismo |
| Français | cubisme |
| Deutsch | Kubismus |
| Italiano | cubismo |
| Ελληνικά | κυβισμός kyvismós |
| Română | cubism |
| Русский | куби́зм kubízm |
| Tiếng Việt | lập thể |
| العربية | تَكْعِيبِيَّة takʕībiyya |
| עברית | קוביזם qubizm |
Talk about this word "cubism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cubism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cubism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cubism "cubism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cubism.Cite this
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title = {cubism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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