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DAY 193 | ART THROUGH THE AGES |
Cubism
ART WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME
Who has two eyes on the side of his mask-like face and flat, basic shapes for a body? A figure in a Cubist painting, that’s who! Though it may seem crude to some, Cubism revolutionized the art world like no movement before by questioning the very nature of reality, space and time, the physical world, and the relativity of human perceptions.
WHEN & WHERE
c. 1907–1920s
France
Cubism was pioneered by the joint efforts of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The two painters developed an innovative pictorial language that took an unprecedented look at the arrangement of space. ...
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