cubism
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Noun — An artistic movement of the early twentieth century in which natural forms are shown as geometric structures made of planes.
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It is a standard art-history term and is often written with a capital C.
Etymology
The word comes from French cubisme, which is linked to the word cube. One story says it began in 1908 when someone reacted to a Braque canvas with a remark about cubes, though the coinage has also been credited to Matisse and to the critic Louis Vauxcelles.
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