different between surrealism vs cubism

English

Etymology

From French surréalisme; sur- +? realism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???i?(.?)l.?z.?m/
• Hyphenation: sur?re?al?ism

Noun

surrealism (countable and uncountable, plural surrealisms)

1. An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

Related terms

• surreal
• surrealist

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• Cubism

Etymology

From French cubisme. One story is that, in 1908, as a new canvas by Braque was being carried past, someone said, “Encore des cubes! assez de cubisme!”. The quotations below ascribe the coinage to Matisse. Sometimes attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles who popularized the term.

See also the word cube (from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek ????? (kúbos)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kju?.b?z.?m/

Noun

cubism (countable and uncountable, plural cubisms)

1. (often capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. [from 1900s]
   • 2003, The New Yorker, 3 March,

   • 2005, The New Yorker, 29 Aug, p. 78,

Related terms

• cubist
• cubistic
• cubistically

Translations

Further reading

• cubism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cubisme.

Noun

cubism n (uncountable)

1. cubism

Declension