cubist
Americanadjective
noun
Explanation
A cubist is an artist who transforms natural shapes into exaggerated geometric ones. Pablo Picasso is the most famous of all cubist painters. Starting in the early 20th century, the art movement known as cubism began in Western Europe. Cubists attempted to show many perspectives at once in their work by breaking down their subjects into sections and then representing them as small, flat blocks. Cubist comes from cubism, which was coined after a French art critic dismissed their "bizarreries cubiques," or "cubic oddities."
Vocabulary lists containing cubist
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Example Sentences
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And one of his largest cubist scenes of a “Man with a Guitar” from 1913 that once belonged to writer Gertrude Stein sold for $41 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“Napoleon Dynamite” director Jared Hess hurls tater tots and two competitive dorks played by Jack Black and Jason Momoa into the cubist, mega-popular video game.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025
The painting also shows the early signs of Husain's modified cubist style - where geometric shapes and bold lines stood out in his works.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
From neoclassical to Egyptian revival, from Chinese to cubist, chinaware patterns reflect interior design and decoration trends of the period.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023
“Okay. So once upon a time, I saw this cubist portrait my brother did of you and had to have it.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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