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Cubism vs Dadaism - What's the difference?

cubism | dadaism |

As nouns the difference between cubism and dadaism

is that cubism is an artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes while dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art manifestos, art theory), theatre, and graphic design, which concentrated its anti-war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.

cubism

English

Alternative forms

* Cubism

Noun

(wikipedia cubism) (-)
  • (often, capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
  • * 2003 , The New Yorker , 3 March,
  • Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.
  • * 2005 , The New Yorker , 29 Aug, p. 78,
  • 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.

    dadaism

    Noun

    (-)
  • A cultural movement that began in neutral , Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art manifestos, art theory), theatre, and graphic design, which concentrated its anti-war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.
  • See also

    * dada English words suffixed with -ism ----