How to pronounce cubism
American English pronunciation
KYOO-biz-um
- IPA
- /ˈkjubɪzəm/
- Syllables
- KYOO · biz · um (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cubism means
An art style that paints things as sharp, blocky shapes
In a sentence: In cubism, a simple guitar might look like a pile of broken boxes and angles.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French cubisme. One story says that in 1908 someone saw a new painting by Georges Braque being carried past and cried out about all its cubes.
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