Cubism

n. nonrepresentational artistic movement of the early 20th century which uses geometrical forms to represent objects

Cubism was a 20th century art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature. Analytic Cubism, was both radical and influential, it initially developed as a short but highly significant art movement between 1908 and 1911 in France. In its second phase Synthetic Cubism, the movement spread and remained vital until around 1919, when the Surrealist movement gained popularity.
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Noun
1. an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
(hypernym) artistic movement, art movement
(hyponym) analytical cubism
(member-meronym) cubist

1907 - 1918 France - art movement inspired by african art and fauvism - the motive is analyzed and reassembled in abstract shapes - subdivided into cubisme cezannien , cubisme analytique and cubisme synthetique - influence to futurism , orphism , precisionism and purism 

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