Cubism vs Orphism - What's the difference?
cubism | orphism |
(often, capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
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A religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by Orpheus.
(arts) A minor Cubist art movement focusing on pure abstraction and bright colours.
As a noun cubism
is (often|capitalized) an artistic movement in the early 20th century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.As a proper noun orphism is
a religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by orpheus.cubism
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* CubismNoun
(wikipedia cubism) (-)- Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.
- A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the term “cubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-garde.