cubism
[ kyoo-biz-uh m ]
/ ˈkyu bɪz əm /
noun (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts.
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
OTHER WORDS FROM cubism
cub·ist, noun cub·is·tic, adjectiveWords nearby cubism
cubic zirconia,
cubical,
cubicle,
cubiculum,
cubiform,
cubism,
cubit,
cubital,
cubital furrow,
cubital joint,
cubital nerve
Example sentences from the Web for cubistic
Those whose criterion is prettiness are naturally attracted to Whistlerian and Cubistic modes.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning |Willard Huntington WrightThe Eskimo are clearly not successes in a cubistic or saltatorial line, as I have had ample opportunities to observe.
The First Landing on Wrangel Island |Irving C. Rosse
British Dictionary definitions for cubistic
cubism
/ (ˈkjuːbɪzəm) /
noun
(often capital)
a French school of painting, collage, relief, and sculpture initiated in 1907 by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, which amalgamated viewpoints of natural forms into a multifaceted surface of geometrical planes