Dictionary

cubism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

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)).

Meanings

1. (capitalized, countable, often, uncountable) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
   • 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. 2005 August 29, The New Yorker, page 78:
   • Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke. 2003 March 3, The New Yorker:

Forms

Deriveds

neocubism

Relateds

cubistically · cubist · cubistic

Translations (50)

tr kübizm (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · mi toi matahuhua (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ast cubismu (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ja キュビスム (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · nl kubisme (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · sh кубизам (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · fi kubismi (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · bg куби́зъм (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ja 立体派 (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · eo kubismo (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · gl cubismo (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · mk кубизам (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · pl kubizm (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · es cubismo (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ru куби́зм (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · kk кубшылдық (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ko 입체파 (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · uk кубі́зм (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · de Kubismus (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · el κυβισμός (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · la cubismus (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · pt cubismo (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ja キュービズム (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ja キュビズム (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · th บาศกนิยม (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · cs kubismus (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · sl kubizem (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · nb kubisme (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · he קוביזם (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ta கியூபிசம் (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ca cubisme (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · vi lập thể (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ko 큐비즘 (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · sv kubism (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ga ciúbachas (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · sh kubizam (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · fr cubisme (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ar تَكْعِيبِيَّة (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · et kubism (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · hu kubizmus (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · io kubismo (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · af kubisme (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · cmn 立體主義 /立体主义 (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · sk kubizmus (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ro cubism (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · ka კუბიზმი (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · hy կուբիզմ (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · da kubisme (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · nn kubisme (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) · it cubismo (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes)

wikipedia: Louis Vauxcelles · wikipedia: Georges Braque · wikipedia: Henri Matisse