cubism

B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈkjuːbɪzəm/ UK /ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/ See IPA manual

Freq #54848

Meanings

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noun
An early 20th-century art style that shows objects as sets of flat geometric shapes.

Picasso was one of the founders of Cubism.

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synthetic cubism
the later phase of Cubism associated with combining simplified forms and materials

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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)).

cubisme French cubus Latin κύβος Ancient Greek

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# cubism

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkjuːbɪzəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/
**Frequency rank:** 54848

## Meanings
1. An early 20th-century art style that shows objects as sets of flat geometric shapes.

## Examples
- Picasso was one of the founders of Cubism.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cubisme
- Root: cubus
- Root: κύβος

## Etymology
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)).

## AI Etymology
cubism comes 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)). The historical chain includes French cubisme, Latin cubus, Ancient Greek κύβος. The current sense is An early 20th-century art style that shows objects as sets of flat geometric shapes.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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