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Cubism
Cubism? What does it really mean?
Like Fauvists and Expressionists, Cubist painters did not want to paint an exact copy of what they saw (reality) but rather to show the truth.
Georges Braque, Large Nude
1907-1908, oil on canvas, 55 x 39.37 inches, Pompidou Centre – National Museum of Modern Art, © ADAGP, Paris 2021. Photo: © Bridgeman Images
Now, truth cannot be reduced to a single point of view. For example, showing only one side of a house does not show the “truth” about the house, because it is only seen from one viewpoint! All the sides need to be shown to help try and grasp the “truth” about it.
In a nutshell
Cubism is an attempt to show the truth about its subjects, which means showing all aspects.
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