Cubism - a major influence on modern art

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Cubism the way we see the . It was one of the major influences on century art, developing in from a between two painters - the Pablo Picasso and the Georges Braque - and lasting only from to 1914.

Cubism the idea that art should . Cubist painters emphasized the flat, surface of the picture by abandoning the conventions of , foreshortening, modelling, and (the use of light and dark).

The of the name is disputed: it is sometimes to an ill-tempered outburst of Matisse against Braque's work, and sometimes to the art Louis de Vauxcelles describing one of Braque's paintings as .

Early Cubism was by Paul Cézanne because of his preoccupation with shape and in his paintings. But Cubist artists like Picasso, Braque and Juan took these further, presenting a different view of . In an effort to represent the object and its in space they painted objects, seen from several different viewpoints . Analytical Cubism was the phase of the movement, which concentrated on forms and used subdued colours. The final phase, known as Cubism, used more shapes, stencilling, , and brighter .