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Cubism (What is Cubism (The Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept…
Cubism
What is Cubism
The Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept that art should copy nature, or that artists should adopt the traditional techniques of perspective, modelling and foreshortening.
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They reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms, and then realigned these within a shallow, relief space
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Striking shapes and contours made their way into his own compositions and contributed to his radical restructuring of the formal characteristics and visual impact of the art work
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The blocky, pared -down forms and forceful, angular planes of Primitive art ignited the artist's imagination
Splintered subjects - like the human figure, a landscape, or a still life scene - into multifaced pieces
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Appear abstract, flattened, and fragmented, as if reflected in a shattered mirror
Terminology
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Monochromatic - the term comes from the Greek words mono, meaning single, and chroma, meaning color. Light of one color
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Collage - a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric on to a backing
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