The key concept of cubism is that the essence of objects can only be captured if
50 they are shown from multiple points of view
simultaneously. In cubist paintings, the sub-
ject matter is broken up, analyzed, and then
reassembled. Compositions show an abstracted
world in which the subject is broken into
55 planes with open edges that slide into each
other. In a portrait a face may be shown
frontally and in profile at the same time.
Although cubism had run its course by
the early 1920s, it exerted an influence on
other modernist movements
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23. What is one way to identify a cubist
painting?
A. It seems to show the subject from many
perspectives simultaneously.
B It reveals political and social struggles.
C. It reveals the artist's inner struggles.
D. It shows only cylinders, cubes, and cones.