Impressionism vs Cubism - What's the difference?
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(arts) a movement in art characterized by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities
(music) a style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer
(poetry) a style that used imagery and symbolism to portray the poet's impressions
(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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As nouns the difference between impressionism and cubism
is that impressionism is a movement in art characterized by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities while cubism is an artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.impressionism
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* English words suffixed with -ismcubism
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(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.