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CUBISME [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1999-09-07
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Art History and Theory
- Painting (Arts)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- cubism
1, record 1, English, cubism
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements [especially] by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of depicted objects. 1, record 1, English, - cubism
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Term derived from a reference made to 'geometric schemas and cubes' by the critic Louis Vaucelles in describing paintings exhibited in Paris by Georges Braque in November 1908; it is more generally applied not only to work of the period by Braque and Pablo Picasso but also to a range of art produced in France during the later 1900's, the 1910's and the early 1920's and the variants developed in other countries ... 2, record 1, English, - cubism
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Histoire et théorie de l'art
- Peinture (Arts)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cubisme
1, record 1, French, cubisme
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
École de peintre florissante de 1910-1930, qui se proposait de représenter les objets décomposés en éléments géométriques simples (rappelant le cube) sans restituer leur perspective. 2, record 1, French, - cubisme
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le mot cubisme désigne la révolution esthétique qui s'est accomplie, en peinture et aussi en sculpture, de 1907 à 1914 [...]. Le critique Louis Vaucelles reprit ensuite ce mot dans le Gil Blas du 14 novembre 1908, à propos de la première exposition de Braque [...] et lança le terme cubisme. Cependant, les créateurs du mouvement ne l'acceptèrent que malgré eux : «Quand nous avons fait du cubisme, a déclaré Picasso, nous n'avions aucune intention de faire du cubisme». 3, record 1, French, - cubisme
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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