cubism
/ˈkjuːbɪzəm/noun
mass noun
- an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage立体主义, 立体派（20世纪初的一种艺术风格和流派, 主要表现在绘画上; 他们一反过去的透视画法, 而仅仅使用简单的几何形状、相互连接的平面和后来的拼贴艺术）。
Cubism was a reaction against traditional modes of representation and Impressionist concerns with light and colour. The style, created by Picasso and Braque and first named by the French critic Louis Vauxcelles in 1908, was inspired by the later work of Cézanne and by African sculpture.
派生词
cubist
noun & adjective词源
early 20th cent.: from French cubisme, from cube （see CUBE）.