What is Cubism

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What is Cubism?

Cubism was an art movement that was born in the 20th century. It completely transformed the ways of painting, sculpturing in Europe. It was not only this but also other encouraged movements in music and literature. It was an art movement that was trying to contest a four hundred year tradition of pictorial art.

History of Cubism

Cubism was not only revolutionizing but one of the most influential art styles of the 20th century. There is a controversy about the creator of the style as most believe that Paul Cezzane who had a similar concept of art style to Picaso. His works included three main elements- geometric, views from multiple angles and passage. In an art term, we can call it the fourth dimension. However, Picaso’s broken up, distorted style with neutrals and blues in Palais du Trocadero (In Paris museum now) marked the start of a revolutionary art movement. The very first official Cubist display, at Salle 41 within Paris in 1911, included artwork by Robert Delaunay, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger, Henri The Fauconnier and Jean Metzinger. (Picasso, Braque as well as Juan Gris, in addition to more prominent Cubist artists, were notably absent in the event since their own art dealer wouldn't permit them to show from Salle 41.

The art style of “Cubism” rapidly grew from it's 1907 origin. Early utilization of monochromatic tones as well as single media gave method to multimedia textures, vibrant colours, and mixture of words as well as images. Early reconstruction associated with broken-down images in to roughly recognizable form gave method to barely legible topics, often gatherings associated with images and phrases that imparted a general sense rather than direct representation.

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M. B.Philip. & Purvis W. A., 2011, Meggs’ History of Graphic Design. 5 Edition, Wiley.

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S. Nikos, 1994, Concepts of Modern Art: From Fauvism to Postmodernism ( World Of Art), Thames and Hudson

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