Cubism is a style of art, begun in the early twentieth century, in which objects are represented as if they could be seen from several different positions at the same time, using many lines and geometric shapes.
cubism in British English
(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
Derived forms
cubist (ˈcubist)
adjective, noun
cubistic (cuˈbistic)
adjective
cubistically (cuˈbistically)
adverb
cubism in American English
(ˈkjubˌɪzəm)
noun
a movement in art, esp. of the early 20th cent., characterized by a separation of the subject into cubes and other geometric forms in abstract arrangements rather than by a realistic representation
Derived forms
cubist (ˈcubist) (ˈkjubɪst)
noun, adjective
cubistic (cuˈbistic)
adjective
Examples of 'cubism' in a sentence
cubism
Artwork, reminiscent of old-fashioned cubism, hung on the walls.