What is Cubism?

Cubism was an extremely critical turning point in the history of art. It drove the traditional art that had dominated the West for many years off the stage of history.

The emergence of Cubism was inspired by Cezanne's structural concepts and influenced by African sculpture art.

Cubism was born in the early 20th century, and its emergence is regarded as a watershed for modernism.

Before 1912 it was called "Analytical Cubism" and after 1912 it was called "Synthetic Cubism".

Artists reject realism and use "abstract" methods to summarize real things, refine structures, and simplify complexities.

They followed in the footsteps of Cézanne and used cylinders, spheres and cones to deal with nature and create structural beauty; they decomposed visual phenomena into fragments one by one, like disrupted puzzle pieces, and then reassembled them using artistic techniques.

You can read my previous articles, some of which specifically talk about Cubism.