Cubism is an early-20th-century
avant-garde art movement pioneered by
Georges Braque and
Pablo Picasso, joined by
Jean Metzinger,
Albert Gleizes,
Robert Delaunay,
Henri Le Fauconnier,
Fernand Léger and
Juan Gris[1] that revolutionized European
painting and
sculpture, and inspired related movements in
music,
literature and
architecture. Cubism has been considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century.
[2] The term is broadly used in association with a wide variety of art produced in Paris (
Montmartre,
Montparnasse and
Puteaux) during the 1910s and extending through the 1920s. Variants such as
Futurism and
Constructivism developed in other countries.
A primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of three-dimensional form in the late works of
Paul Cézanne, which were displayed in a retrospective at the 1907
Salon d'Automne.
[3]
In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in
an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the
artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent
the subject in a greater context.
[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism
Useful resource below
http://pndphotography.wikispaces.com/Cubist+Photo+Collage
