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Meaning of Cubism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm

Definitions

An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.

capitalized, countable, often, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التكعيبية
Български кубизъм
Català cubisme
Čeština kubismus
Deutsch Kubismus
Ελληνικά κυβισμός
Esperanto kubismo
Español cubismo
Eesti kubism
Suomi kubismi
Français cubisme
Gaeilge ciúbachas
Magyar kubizmus
Italiano cubismo
ქართული კუბიზმი
Қазақша кубшылдық
한국어 입체파 큐비즘
Македонски кубизам
Nederlands kubisme
Polski kubizm
Português cubismo
Русский кубизм
Српски kubizam кубизам
Svenska kubism
Türkçe kübizm
Tiếng Việt lập thể

Examples

“Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.”
“A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the term “cubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-garde.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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