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cub⋅ism
[kyoo-biz-uh
m] 
–noun (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts.
) 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. |
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| cub·ism also Cub·ism
(kyōō'bĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n. A nonobjective school of painting and sculpture developed in Paris in the early 20th century, characterized by the reduction and fragmentation of natural forms into abstract, often geometric structures usually rendered as a set of discrete planes. cub'ist n., cu·bis'tic adj., cu·bis'ti·cal·ly adv. |
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| cubist | |
adjective | |
| 1. | relating to or characteristic of cubism; "cubist art" |
noun | |
| 1. | an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism |
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