Cubism
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Cubism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized visual representation by fragmenting subjects into geometric forms and depicting multiple viewpoints simultaneously.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cubism canonical | 372 |
| Analytical Cubism | 19 |
| Synthetic Cubism | 8 |
| French Cubism | 3 |
| Analytic Cubism | 2 |
| Proto-Cubism | 2 |
| Cubism of Pablo Picasso | 1 |
| Cubist painters | 1 |
| Cubist-Realism | 1 |
| Early Cubism | 1 |
| Picasso–Braque Cubism | 1 |
| Simultanism | 1 |
| cubism | 1 |
| synthetic Cubism | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T97510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Cubism Context triple: [Art Deco, influencedBy, Cubism]
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Neo-Impressionism
Neo-Impressionism is a late 19th-century art movement characterized by the use of small, distinct dots or strokes of color and scientific color theory to create luminous, optically mixed images.
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Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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Modernism
Modernism is a broad 20th-century cultural and artistic movement characterized by a deliberate break with traditional forms and an embrace of innovation, abstraction, and new technologies in art, architecture, literature, and design.
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Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism was a late 19th-century art movement that evolved from Impressionism and is characterized by more expressive color, symbolic content, and formal experimentation by artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne.
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Art Deco
Art Deco is a decorative visual arts and architectural style from the early 20th century characterized by bold geometric forms, rich colors, and lavish ornamentation that symbolized modernity and luxury.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cubism Target entity description: Cubism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized visual representation by fragmenting subjects into geometric forms and depicting multiple viewpoints simultaneously.
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A.
Neo-Impressionism
Neo-Impressionism is a late 19th-century art movement characterized by the use of small, distinct dots or strokes of color and scientific color theory to create luminous, optically mixed images.
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B.
Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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C.
Modernism
Modernism is a broad 20th-century cultural and artistic movement characterized by a deliberate break with traditional forms and an embrace of innovation, abstraction, and new technologies in art, architecture, literature, and design.
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Expressionism
Expressionism is an early 20th-century modernist art movement characterized by the intense, subjective distortion of reality to convey emotional experience rather than physical accuracy.
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Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism was a late 19th-century art movement that evolved from Impressionism and is characterized by more expressive color, symbolic content, and formal experimentation by artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne.
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Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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avant-garde movement ⓘ modern art movement ⓘ |
| author |
Albert Gleizes
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Jean Metzinger ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
breakdown of objects into geometric facets
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emphasis on structure over illusion ⓘ representation of objects from multiple angles at once ⓘ two-dimensionality of the picture plane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
collage
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painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flattened pictorial space
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fragmentation of form ⓘ geometric simplification ⓘ limited color palette in early phase ⓘ multiple viewpoints ⓘ overlapping planes ⓘ rejection of linear perspective ⓘ simultaneity of viewpoints ⓘ |
| hasCreator |
Georges Braque
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Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | derived from "cube" ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Abstract art
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Architecture ⓘ Constructivism ⓘ De Stijl ⓘ Futurism ⓘ Graphic design ⓘ Literature ⓘ Orphism ⓘ Photography ⓘ Minimalism ⓘ
surface form:
Purism
Sculpture ⓘ Vorticism ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | English ⓘ |
| hasMajorFigure |
Albert Gleizes
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Diego Rivera ⓘ Fernand Léger ⓘ Francis Picabia ⓘ Gino Severini ⓘ Henri Le Fauconnier ⓘ Jean Metzinger ⓘ Juan Gris ⓘ Lyonel Feininger ⓘ Marcel Duchamp ⓘ Robert Delaunay ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cubism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Analytical Cubism
Crystal Cubism ⓘ Cubism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Early Cubism
Cubism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Synthetic Cubism
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| hasStartTime | 1907 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
interwar period
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pre–World War I Europe ⓘ |
| mainRegion | Paris ⓘ |
| movementAssociatedWith |
Puteaux Group
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Salon Cubism ⓘ Section d'Or ⓘ |
| movementType |
non-representational tendency
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proto-abstract art ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Salon des Indépendants
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surface form:
1911 Salon des Indépendants
1911 Salon d’Automne ⓘ |
| notablePublication | Du "Cubisme" ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
illusionistic naturalism
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traditional Renaissance perspective ⓘ |
| typicalSubjectMatter |
cafés and interiors
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landscape ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ portrait ⓘ still life ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
charcoal
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collage materials ⓘ newsprint ⓘ oil paint ⓘ sand mixed with paint ⓘ |
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Subject: Cubism Description of subject: Cubism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized visual representation by fragmenting subjects into geometric forms and depicting multiple viewpoints simultaneously.
Referenced by (414)
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