CUBISM


Meaning of CUBISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkyü-ˌbi-zəm ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Date: 1911

: 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

• cub·ist -bist noun or adjective , often capitalized

• cu·bis·tic kyü-ˈbis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.