synthetic cubism

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noun (sometimes initial capital letters)Fine Arts.

the late phase of cubism, characterized chiefly by an increased use of color and the imitation or introduction of a wide range of textures and material into painting.

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One key ingredient of the stuff: Propylene glycol, a synthetic liquid that absorbs water.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze|Tim Mak|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He began painting what he would call “intuitive abstractions,” and “cosmic cubism.”
A Gay American Artist in Kaiser’s Berlin|Sarah Bay Williams|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Illinois legislation does not include bioplastics like PHA, defining the banned microplastics to be of the synthetic type.
Your Favorite Facewash Is Hurting Nemo|Alexa C. Kurzius|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the arguments over drug testing may cease to matter if the synthetic drug epidemic continues.
Are We Addicted to Drug Testing?|Abby Haglage|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

With more than 300 synthetic cannabinoids in use today, drug-testing companies are struggling to keep up with the new varieties.
Are We Addicted to Drug Testing?|Abby Haglage|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nearly all the translating words given in this section so far are synthetic.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Drapes of velvety synthetic, dyed the deep green that Martian colonists like, covered the walls.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
If you want to make a synthetic sapphire, you start with a seed sapphire, and the artificial process builds up on that.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
Approximately two-thirds of such chemical employees are found in the synthetic fiber field.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Virginia now has approximately 30% of the total employees in the United States engaged in synthetic fibers.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey